Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor. J. Mycol.)
Yi-Jong Kil, Ju-Kyeong Eo, Ahn-Heum Eom*
Department of Biology Education, Korea National University of Education, Chungbuk, 363-791, Republic of Korea
Correspondence to eomah@knue.ac.kr
Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor J Mycol) June 30, 2013, 41(2):81-84.
https://doi.org/10.4489/KJM.2013.41.2.81
Received: March 3, 2013; Revised: May 6, 2013; Accepted: May 22, 2013
Published: June 30, 2013.
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The purpose of this study was to investigate effects of inoculation of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) on growth of Korean ginseng (Panax ginseng C. A. Mey.) seedlings. Five species of AMF (Glomus mosseae, Glomus intraradices, Glomus etunicatum, Acaulospora longula, Acaulospora trappei) were inoculated to ginseng seedlings at 60 days after ginseng seed germination. Dry weights, heights of the plants and chlorophyll fluorescence were measured at 120 days after inoculation of AMF. Dry weights and shoot heights were increased in seedlings inoculated with AMF compared to the controls without AMF. However, chlorophyll fluorescence of seedlings with AMF showed no significant difference compared to the control.
AMF, Chlorophyll fluorescence, Dry weight, Growth, Panax ginseng