Improved growth and essential oil yield and quality in Foeniculum vulgare mill on mycorrhizal inoculation supplemented with P-fertilizer.
Two arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi Glomus macrocarpum and Glomus fasciculatum significantly improved growth and essential oil concentration of Foeniculum vulgare Mill. However, AM inoculation of plants along with phosphorus fertilization significantly enhanced growth, P-uptake and essential oil content of plants compared to either of the components applied separately. Among the two fungal inoculants, G. fasciculatum registered the highest growth at both levels of phosphorus used with up to 78% increase in essential oil concentration of fennel seeds over non-mycorrhizal control. The essential oil characterization by gas liquid chromatography revealed that the level of anethol was significantly enhanced on mycorrhization.
Kapoor
Rupam
R
Environmental Biology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Delhi, Delhi 110 007, India. rupam@biology.du.ac.in
Giri
Bhoopander
B
Mukerji
Krishna G
KG
D000383:Agriculture / Q000379:methods; D000081248:Allylbenzene Derivatives; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000840:Anisoles / Q000032:analysis; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D002853:Chromatography, Liquid; D004042:Dietary Fats, Unsaturated / Q000032:analysis; D005308:Fertilizers; D030001:Foeniculum / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000382:microbiology*; D005658:Fungi / Q000254:growth & development*; D010758:Phosphorus
D000081248:Allylbenzene Derivatives; D000840:Anisoles; D004042:Dietary Fats, Unsaturated; D005308:Fertilizers; D010758:Phosphorus; C006578:anethole