Research Article
Seasonal Diversity of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in Mangroves of Goa, India
Table 3
Seasonal variation in relative abundance of AM fungi in the selected study sites.
| | AM fungal species | Premonsoon | Monsoon | Postmonsoon | | Terekhol | Zuari | Terekhol | Zuari | Terekhol | Zuari |
| | Rhizophagus intraradices (Schenck and Smith) Walker and Schüβler | 18.68 | 15.71 | 58.82 | 42.16 | — | — | | Glomus multicaule Gerdemann and Bakshi | 14.14 | — | — | — | — | — | | Glomus aggregatum Schenck and Smith | — | 10.72 | 10.29 | — | — | 15.64 | | Rhizophagus fasciculatus (Thaxter) Walker and Schüβler | — | — | — | — | 20.42 | — | | Funneliformis geosporum (Nicol. and Gerd.) Walker and Schüβler | — | — | — | — | 7.04 | 16.32 | | Glomus nanolumen Koske and Gemma | 9.84 | — | — | | — | — | | Glomus rubiforme Gerdemann and Trappe | — | 13.24 | — | 25.30 | — | — | | Acaulospora bireticulata Rothwell and Trappe | 8.83 | 31.67 | | — | — | — | | Acaulospora laevis Gerdemann and Trappe | 9.84 | 33.41 | 30.88 | 32.53 | 23.94 | 25.85 | | Acaulospora scrobiculata Trappe | 33.83 | — | — | — | 35.91 | 48.97 | | Racocetra gregaria (Schenck and Nicolson) Oehl, Souza, and Sieverd | 4.79 | 5.23 | — | — | 12.67 | 8.84 |
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All values are means of the composite sample of three plant species for each season.
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