| Abstrakt: |
In addition to being used in traditional medicine, plants are important suppliers of pharmaceutical drugs. Even though a lot of these compounds can be made in a lab, the process is challenging and produces poor yields that make economic manufacture impracticable. Under open-field circumstances, the important medicinal plant Catharanthusroseus L. (Apocynaceae) was inoculated with AM fungus Glomusaggregatum and Glomusmosseae, and the plant's growth was evaluated. Applying AM to the soil significantly increased plant height over control. In pots inoculated with G. aggregatum rather than G. mosseae or native (mixed inoculum (G. aggregatum, G. mosseae)) inoculum, there is greater shoot and root length. Native (mixed inoculum (G. aggregatum, G. mosseae)) inoculum amendment was inferior to AM amendment with G. aggregatum and G. mosseae. The findings unequivocally demonstrate the benefits of mycorrhizal inoculum on plant development. The two other therapies were less successful than G. aggregatum. The higher shoot and root dry weights following AM inoculations demonstrated increased plant growth. In 120 days, the shoot dry weight of plants injected with G. aggregatum and G. mosseae increased threefold. The dry weight of the roots was doubled. The study demonstrates the capacity of AM fungus G. aggregatumin boosting growth and biomass of Catharanthusroseus L. and indicates that Catharanthusroseus is largely dependent on the mycorrhizal fungi for its survival and growth. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
