Phosphate-Solubilizing Fungi: Impact on Growth and Development of Economically Important Plants - Phosphate Solubilizing Microorganisms - page 92

Table 4.1 Distribution and occurrence of phosphate-solubilizing fungi
Habitat Fungi References

Arecanut husk waste Aspergillus niger , A. terreus , Botrytis cinerea Naveenkumar

et al. ( 2012 )

Coffee plants Cylindrocarpon obtusisporum , C. didymum ,

Paecilomyces marquandii , Penicillium
janthinellum

Posada et al. ( 2013 )

Forest soil Aspergillus flavus , A. niger Das et al. ( 2012 )

Hawaiian soil Mortierella sp. Habte and Osorio

( 2012 )

Hills soil Penicillium citrinum , P. islandicum , P. mellini ,

P. olivicolor , P. restrictum , P. rugulosum

Sharma et al. ( 2010 ),
Sharma ( 2011 )

Himalayan soil Aspergillus glaucus , A. niger , A. sydowii Rinu et al. ( 2013 )

Rhizospheric soil and
roots

Aspergillus niger , Penicillium notatum Malviya et al. ( 2011 )

Rhizosphere of
banana

Aspergillus sp ., Penicillium sp . Reena et al. ( 2013 )

Aspergillus niger

Rhizosphere of chick
pea

Yadav et al. ( 2011c )

Rhizosphere of
melon

Aphyllophorales , Aspergillus , Penicillium ,
Rhizopus

Coutinho et al. ( 2011 )

Rhizosphere of sug-
arcane and sugar
beet

Alternaria alternata , Aspergillus awamori ,
A. fumigates , A. niger , Curvularia pallescens ,
Penicillium oxalicum , P. rubrum , Trichoderma
viride

Mahamuni
et al. ( 2012 )

Rhizosphere soil
of green gram

Aspergillus niger , Fusarium oxysporum Kannahi and

Umaragini ( 2013 )

Rhizosphere soil
of leguminous plant

Aspergillus sp. Selvi ( 2013 )

Saline soil Aspergillus clavatus , A. fumigatus , A. nidulans ,

A. niger , A. sydowii , A. terreus , A. ustus ,
Fusarium sp. , Penicillium sp.

Singh et al. ( 2012 ),
Sanjotha
et al. ( 2011 )

Tea leaves Penicillium sp. Nath et al. ( 2012 )

Vermicompost Emericella nidulans Bhattacharya

et al. ( 2013 )

4.5.3 Examples of Some Notable Phosphate-Solubilizing
Fungi

About 62 different species of PS fungi belonging to different genera such as
Alternaria , Aspergillus , Fusarium , Penicillium , Talaromyces , Trichoderma , etc.
have been recovered from different habitats and are listed in Table 4.2 . Some of
the fungi with greater P-solubilizing abilities are discussed briefly in the following
section.