Agriculture Reference
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Table 4.3
List of host plants benefitted by phosphate-solubilizing fungi
Plant group Host plant
PSF
Effect
References
Cereals
Amaranthus
cruentus L
.
Aspergillus niger
Number of leaves, dry
weight of shoot, total
P content increased
Reena
et al. (
2013
)
Maize and corn
Aspergillus
sp.,
Penicillium
sp. and
Cephalospor-
ium
sp.
Amount of phosphorus
absorbed and plant
dry weight
Kassim and
Al-Zandinany
(
2011
)
Wheat
P. bilaji
,
Penicil-
lium
spp.
Plant height, number of
leaves per plant, dry
matter production,
cob length, grain
weight per cob,1,000
grain weight, grain
yield
Patil et al. (
2012
)
P. oxalicum
Wheat
Increased the growth and
yield
Singh et al. (
2011
)
Wheat
A. awamori
,
A. niger
Increased the grain and
straw yield
Sharma
et al. (
2012
)
Leguminous
crops
Chick pea
Trichoderma
harzianum
and
A. niger
Shoot length, root
length, dry weight of
shoot and root
increased
Yadav
et al. (
2011a
)
Cowpea
Aspergillus sp
.
Wet and dry weight of
the shoot, root and
pod were higher
Manivannan
et al. (
2012
)
Soybean
A. niger
,
A. melleus
and
A. clavatus
Root phosphate content
showed an increase
Chakraborty
et al. (
2010
)
Oilseed and
fibre
crops
Anise
PSF
Highest seed yield,
essential oil content
in seeds
Zand et al. (
2013
)
Groundnut
A. niger
,
P. notatum
Increased dry matter,
yield, percentage of
protein; oil. N and P
content percentage
increased
Malviya
et al. (
2011
)
Vegetable
and hor-
ticultural
crops
Cucumber
Aspergillus
spp.
Increase in shoot length,
shoot fresh weight,
shoot dry weight,
root length, root fresh
weight, root dry
weight, plant length,
leaf area and leaf
chlorophyll content
Islam et al. (
2014
)
Lettuce
P. albidum
Increase in the gross
weight
Morales
et al. (
2011
)
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