Interaction Studies of P and Zn in Tea Seedling Inoculated with Arbuscular mycorrhizal Fungi

Abstract

In order to study effect of Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi and phosphorus on interaction of P and Zn in tea seedling, an experiment with mycorrhizal inoculation (non-inoculation, Glomus etunicatum, Glomus intraradices, Glomus versiforme, singly) and phosphorus (0, 8 and 35 mg P Kg^-1 soil) was done. Colon 100 Iran was used for tea cultivation. After rooting, plants were planted into pots containing soil sand mixture. At transplant, plants were inoculated with the AM fungi in the form of a mixture of spores, soil and infected Zea maize roots. The plants harvested at the end of 16 weeks and prepared for chemical and biological analysis. The results showed that in non-inoculated and G. etunicatum inoculated plants there was a significant negative relation. Nevertheless, in plant inoculated with G. intraradices and G. versiforme there are a positive relation between P and Zn concentrations in plants.