Crop improvement is significantly enhanced by the application of beneficial microbes. Progress in understanding the biology of mycorrhizal fungi is hampered by the limited number of species that can be successfully propagated and studied in vitro using resting spores. VAM spores were isolated from the rhizosphere soil and were cultivated in-vitro using Cooke Rose Bengal medium. In pot culture experiment, the plants treated with VAM isolates exhibited enhancement in growth than the control ones. After using mycorrhizal inoculum, the root colonization of crop plants was greatly affected. VAM fungal inoculation had significant effect on growth parameters like plant height, weight, MD and root colonization. | In vitro cultivation of vesicular - Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and its biological efficacy
