Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
Table 4.2
Phosphate-solubilizing fungi recovered from various sources
P-solubilizing
fungi
Habitat
References
Aspergillus
species
Aspergillus
awamori
Rhizosphere of sugarcane and sugar
beet
Mahamuni et al. (
2012
)
A. clavatus
Agricultural soil; saline soil
Chakraborty et al. (
2010
); Singh
et al. (
2012
)
A. flavus
Forest soil; agricultural soil; rhizo-
sphere soil
Das et al. (
2012
); Gomashe et al. (
2012
);
Priya et al. (
2013
)
A. fumigatus
Rhizosphere of sugarcane and sugar
beet, agricultural soil; saline soil
Mahamuni et al. (
2012
); Priya
et al. (
2013
); Singh et al.(
2012
)
A. glaucus
Himalayan soil
Rinu et al. (
2013
)
A. melleus
Agricultural soil
Chakraborty et al. (
2010
)
A. nidulans
Saline soil
Singh et al. (
2012
)
A. sydowii
Himalayan soil; saline soil
Rinu et al. (
2013
); Singh et al. (
2012
)
A. terreus
Arecanut husk waste; saline soil
Naveenkumar et al. (
2012
); Singh
et al. (
2012
)
A. ustus
Saline soil
Singh et al. (
2012
)
Penicillium
species
P. albidum
Volcanic soils
Morales et al. (
2011
)
P. chrysogenum
Agricultural soil
Naik et al. (
2013
)
P. citrinum
Hill soil; rhizosphere of sugarcane;
rhizospheric soils
Sharma et al. (
2010
, 2011); Yadav
et al. (
2011a
,
b
)
P. frequentans
Volcanic soils
Morales et al. (
2011
)
P. islandicum
Hill soil
Sharma et al. (
2010
, 2011)
P. janthinellum
Agricultural soil; coffee plantations Scervino et al. (
2010
); Posada
et al. (
2013
)
P. mellini
Hill soil
Sharma (
2011
)
P. nigricans
Mangroves
Kanimozhi and Panneerselvam (
2010
)
P. notatum
Rhizospheric soil and roots
Malviya et al. (
2011
)
P. olivicolor
Hills soil
Sharma et al. (
2010
)
P. oxalicum
Rhizosphere of sugarcane and sugar
beet; mine soil
Mahamuni et al. (
2012
); Singh
et al. (
2011
)
P. purpurogenum
Agricultural soil
Scervino et al. (
2010
)
P. restrictum
Volcanic soils; hills soil
Morales et al. (
2011
); Sharma
et al. (
2010
, 2011)
P. rubrum
Rhizosphere of sugarcane and sugar
beet
Mahamuni et al. (
2012
)
P. rugulosum
Hills soil
Sharma et al. (
2010
, 2011)
4.5.3.1 Penicillium
Among the various PSF,
Penicillium radicum
, a PSF isolated from the rhizosphere
of wheat, has shown P-solubilizing ability when grown in liquid culture medium
containing either ammonium or nitrate as the sole source of N. Insoluble or
sparingly soluble P (1,000 mg P/l) was supplied as calcium monohydrogen