Ectomycorrhiza and Endomycorrhiza are important in agriculture. Fungi penetrate into the plant
cells, producing balloon like vesicles. The structure of the arbuscules increase the contact surface between the
hyphal and the cell cytoplasm to facilitate the transfer of nutrients between them and VAM fungi produce the
glycoprotein glomalin which may be one of the major stores of carbon in the soil, management of VAM fungi
enhances phosphate uptake and mobilize immobile micronutrients like Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, Bo, Mo. Besides these to
impart resistance to plant against drought, soil borne fungal
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