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Microbiol Biotechnol Rep | Volume 1, Issue 2
November 16-17, 2017 Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Annual Congress on
Mycology and Fungal Infections
Investigating the effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (Glomus etonicatum) and air
pollutants on growth parameters of maize (Zea mays L.)
Mobina Jamali
1
and
Naser Alimohamadloo
2
1
Ministry of education, Iran
2
Islamic Azad University, Iran
T
o investigate the effect of Glomus etonicatum and air pollutants and acidic rain on growth parameters of
maize plants (Zea mays L.), a completely randomized experiment with ten replications was conducted from
February 2016 to April 2017. Experimental treatments included four categories containing the plants treated by
mycorrhiza fungus irrigation by acidic rains and control water with (PH=7), and witnessing plants irrigation by
acidic rain and control water. Results from analysis of variance revealed that the effect of mycorrhizal inoculation
on chlorophyll, protein and carotenoid content of leaves, plant height, leaf dry wt, leaf fresh wt, root fresh
wt, fruit number and leaf number and surface, were significant (p<0.05). Mycorrhizal inoculation enhanced all
parameters significantly in comparison to the witnessing plants and the highest value for these traits obtained
by the plants inoculated with mycorrhiza irrigation by control water and the least obtained in witnessing plants
irrigation by acidic rain water. Furthermore, the research revealed that the amount of these parameters in plants
inoculated with mycorrhiza irrigation by acidic rain, is significantly more than witnessing plants irrigation by
control water. In general, inoculation by mycorrhizal fungi in addition to enhancing growth parameters can
enhance the photosynthesis and production of oxygen in maize even under acidic rain circumstances and air
polluted environments, compared to non-mycorrhizal plants in regular circumstances.
jamalimobina@yahoo.com