Impact Of Glomus Macrocarpum On The Chlorophyll Content And Antibacterial Activity Of Piper Betle

Abstract

Symbiotic association between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and plant roots are widespread in the natural environment and can provide a range of benefits to the host plant. These include improved nutrition, enhanced resistance to soil-borne pests, resistance to disease, resistance to drought, tolerance of heavy metals and better soil structure. However few plants have no chance of getting associated with mycorrhizal fungi by nature. In this study the plant, Piper betle was grown in the soil inoculated with mycorrhizal fungus (Glomus macrocarpum)and soil with different control were studied for their content of Chlorophyll A and B, and its antibacterial property were evaluated against few bacteria. The study revealed that the plant grown in soil inoculated with mycorrhizal fungus alone showed high level of chlorophyll A and Chlorophyll B content and better antibacterial property when compared with that of the plant grown in other control soils.The study emphasizes the importance of mycorrhizal fungi and its usage on agriculture plant as a biofertilizer after proper evaluation.