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Volume 6, Issue 4 (Suppl)
Agrotechnology, an open access journal
ISSN: 2168-9881
Agri 2017
October 02-04, 2017
allied
academies
10
th
International Conference on
AGRICULTURE & HORTICULTURE
October 02-04, 2017 London, UK
Investigating the effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (
Glomus etunicatum
) and air pollutants on
growth parameters of maize (
Zea mays
L.)
Mobina Jamali
1
and
Naser Alimohamadloo
2
1
Tehran Educational Organization, Ministry of education, Iran
2
Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Iran
T
o investigate the effect of
Glomus etunicatum
, 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, plants treated by mycorrhiza fungus irrigation by control water with (p=H=7), witnessing plants irrigation by acidic
rain and witnessing plants irrigation by 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.
Biography
Mobina Jamali is currently studying in Tehran Educational Organization, Ministry of education, Iran.
jamalimobina@yahoo.comMobina Jamali et al., Agrotechnology 2017, 6:4(Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2168-9881-C1-028