Association of Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and other rhizosphere microbes with different medicinal plants

Occurrence of AM fungi in the rhizosphere soil was investigated in different medicinal plants growing in similar climatic conditions. Ten medicinal plant species Emblica officinalis, Aloe barbadensis, Smilax sp., Rauwolfia serpentine, Rauvolfia tetraphylla, Sapindus trifoliatus, Euphoria longan, Centella asiatica, Mimosa pudica and Trachyspermum copticum that were growing in Medicinal arbour of Department of Biotechnology Kakatiya university, Warangal were studied. The present study was carried out to study the interaction of ten different medicinal plants with AM fungi by spore population and root colonization. Huge variation was observed in the spore population and root colonization in spite of their growth in similar climatic conditions. A great variation was observed in other bacterial and fungal population also.