Effect of ectomycorrhizae on growth and establishment of sal (Shorea robusta) seedlings in central India

Abstract

Abstract. Pyasi A, Soni KK, Verma RK. 2013. Effect of ectomycorrhizae on growth and establishment of sal (Shorea robusta) seedlings in central India. Nusantara Bioscience 5: 44-49. The aim of the present study was to develop ectomycorrhiza in sal sapling outside the sal growing areas. For this purpose sal seedling were raised at Jabalpur which is around 80 km away from natural sal forest (Motinala, Madhya Pradesh, India). Seed sowing was done with inoculation of ectomycorrhizal inocula prepared by isolating the fungi from surface sterilized young basidiocarp of Lycoperdon compactum and Russula michiganensis. The inocula of ectomycorrhizal fungus were prepared in wheat grains treated with gypsum. The synthesis of ectomycorrhiza was observed in the sapling planted in the experimental field at Jabalpur with production of basidiocarp of Lycoperdon compactum near saplings. The mycorrhized saplings also showed higher growth indices.

Ecology and Diversity of Ectomycorrhiza in moist Tropical Forest of Sunsari District, Eastern Nepal

“…The fungi provide more nutrients and water to their host plant and obtain the photosynthates from the host plant through intense hyphae. These fungi also help in the growth of the host plant (Pyasi et al, 2013), provide resistance to stresses (Hachani et al, 2020) and diseases (Veselá et al, 2019).…”

Biodiversity of Astraeus asiaticus, a Wild Indigenous Edible Mushroom, in the Forests of Bankura District, West Bengal and Its Antioxidant Property

“…was first time work but in other states of India, diversity work has been done to some extent in other species (A. hygrometricus) (Topno and Srivastava, 2021;Semwal et al, 2014;Verma et al, 2017;Vishal et al, 2021). After a distribution search of Astraeus species in India, this genus was found in the provinces of Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Punjab, Karnataka, Kerala, Jharkhand, and Odisha, and in our state (Pavithra et al, 2015;Phosri et al, 2004;Pyasi et al, 2013;Semwal et al, 2014;Topno & Srivastava, 2021;Vishal et al, 2021). Some Asian varieties of A. hygrometricus are reported to differ from those which are found in North America and are recognized as new species, such as A. asiaticus and A. odoratus (Mortimer et al, 2012).…”

Exploration of Mycobiota in Cypripedium japonicum, an Endangered Species

“…Only one fungus, L. nigrescens , showed a strong positive correlation with the C. japonicum population ( Figure 3 ). Genus Lycoperdon has been reported to help plant growth as an ectomycorrhizal fungus [ 16 , 17 ] and accumulate selenium [ 18–20 ]. This finding indicates indirect evidence that the larger population in the habitat, the more selenium supplied by the ectomycorrhizal fungi or the higher the selenium concentration.…”

“…In particular, Russula violeipes were overwhelmingly more abundant in the artificial garden than in the natural habitats. Genus Russula is also known as the ectomycorrhiza, which promotes plants growth [ 16 , 17 ] and is critically important in orchid germination [ 22 ]. Russula violeipes is considered the important bioresource candidate available for restoring C. japonicum .…”