Diversity of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi In Ocimum Sanctum. L.

A study of diversity of Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) in root of medicinal plant Ocimum sanctum. L. locally known as Krishna Tulsi was conducted at Hazaribag, Jharkhand, India. Microscopic analysis of the mycorrhizal status of roots has revealed that all recovered spores were found to belong to the class -Zygomycotina. The two genus found were Glomus and Acaulospora. The species recorded are G. fasciculatum and G. mosseae belonging to order Glomales and family glomaceae.