Effect of Single and Multiple Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Inoculants on the Growth Parameters of Bauhinia Varigata L.

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi constitute one of the important components of soil microbiota, and their inoculation directly involved in improving plant growth under the reduced fertilizer input. Green house experiments were undertaken in Bauhinia varigata L. plant seedlings were grown in phosphorus deficient sandy loam soil with single, double and triple inoculation with three AM fungi. Single and double inoculation steadily improved plant biomass production and phosphorus content in shoot and ischolar_mains. However, triple inoculation significantly improved plant growth, biomass production, and phosphorus content in shoot and ischolar_main, percent ischolar_main colonization and spore number compared to non-inoculated (control) plants. It may be concluded that triple inoculation of AM fungi for Bauhinia varigata at nursery stage considered to be good before transplantation in reforestation programmes.