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Occurrence of arbuscular mycorrhizae in castanospermum australe and their effect on growth and production of catanospermine (anti virus alkaloid)

The present study was aimed to find out if there is any symbioses between C.australe roots and mycorrhizal fungi. This research also aimed to investigate the effect of Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on the growth of C.australe and the yield of alkaloid castanospermine. The rhizosphere soil and roots of C.australe from various sites in Sydney were collected. Roots were stained with vital and non-vital stains for assessment of mycorrhizal infection. The result indicated that AM fungi symbiotic associations with the roots of C.australe, producing arbuscules and vesicles in the root cortices. By wet sieving and decanting of rhizosphere soil, spores and sporocarps of AM fungi, were recovered. The spores mainly belonged to the genus Glomus. A correlation study was conducted to determine the relationship between the AM infection percentage in the roots and the Castanospermine amount in the leaves and seeds of the field grown trees. The results showed that there is a positive relationship between the castanospermine amount in the seeds and AM infection percentages in the roots. The effect of phosphorus on the yield of castanospermine was also investigated. The results indicated that phosphorus do enhance castanospermine at certain levels, but a further increase in phosphorus application resulted in reduced AM infection. It was found that AM has a great effect on the growth and production of C.australe and biosynthesis of castanospermine. / Master of Science

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/235659
Date January 1997
CreatorsAbu-Zeyad, Raeda, University of Western Sydney, Macarthur, Faculty of Business and Technology
Source SetsAustraliasian Digital Theses Program
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
SourceTHESIS_FBT_XXX_AbuZeyad_R.xml

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