Influence Of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi And Polyamines On Growth And Productivity Of Wheat Plants Irrigated With Saline Water

Abstract

Our study revealed that about 59 plant species collected from North Sinai area, it was found that 53 plant species had arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and 6 plant species were non mycorrhizal. Most cultivated plant species were infected with mycorrhizal fungi. Some field crops were heavily infected by AM fungi e.g. Olea europea, Psdium guajava, Allium sativum, Lactuca sativa, Coriandrum sativum, Foeniculum vulgare, Prunus amygdalus and Medicago sativa. Some species from the survey were considered as non-mycorrhizal where they appeared to be incompatible towards mycorrhizal fungi. These include Malva parviflora, Ammophila arenaria, Acacia saligna, Nitraria • retusa, Zygophyllum coccineum and Salvia controversa.