A pot experiment was conducted with sterilized soil to study the effect of P2O5 and mycorrhizal fungus on growth
of Medicago sativa. Inoculation with Gigaspora rosea had no significant effect on plant growth over the
respective/uninoculated controls, while with dual inoculation, (Glomus etunicatum + Glomus intraradices) the
increase was significantly higher both in the presence or absence of phosphorus. The maximum shoot dry weight
with dual inoculation was 12.57g at 0 kg P2O5 ha-1 and 12.01 g at 25 kg P2O5 ha-1, while root dry weight was 3.68
g at 0 kg P2O5 ha-1 and 3.52 g at 25 kg P2O5 ha-1.
Irshad Ahmad Khan, Najma Ayub, Sarwat N. Mirza, S. Moazzam Nizami. (2007) Response Of Medicago Sativa To Inoculation With Vesicular Arbuscular Mycorrhizae (Vam) Under Varying Levels Of Phosphorus, , Volume-44, Issue-2.
