Seasonal Colonization of Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Fungi in the Roots of Camellia sinensis (Tea) in Different Tea Gardens of India

Table 1

Percentage root colonization of AM fungi in the roots of tea plants at Archadia, Goodrich, IIP, and Vasant Vihar sites during different months of the year.

	Months	Sites				Level of significance	CD
		Archadia	Goodrich	IIP	Vasant Vihar
AM colonization	Jan	33.20	31.16	16.63	36.34	***	7.053
	Feb	40.49	31.97	19.46	37.35
	Mar	59.67	38.45	28.80	40.67
	Apr	70.97	51.05	35.39	63.75
	May	70.96	68.75	42.06	85.90
	Jun	96.86	83.64	64.59	92.69
	Jul	100.00	83.62	47.49	92.59
	Aug	78.34	73.49	39.48	86.56
	Sep	76.31	67.40	29.35	82.42
	Oct	49.12	52.82	30.85	58.57
	Nov	39.07	43.96	21.99	52.24
	Dec	32.50	41.82	21.10	31.20

***: significant at 0.001.