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1.

Classification of AM fun g i .

2.

Soil samples analysis in North Goa and South Goa.

70

3.

List of medicinal plants surveyed for AM fungal association from

North Goa.

70

4.

List of medicinal plants surveyed for AM fungal association from

South Goa.

70

5.

Spore density and AM fungal species identified from rhizosphere

soil samples of selected medicinal plants from North Goa.

81

6.

Spore density and AM fungal species identified from rhizosphere

soil samples of selected medicinal plants from South Goa.
Cl --'...7
colonization and spore density in
Mycorrhizal
Arbuscular
medicinal plants at different growth stages.

81

7.

97

8.

Phosphorus concentration in roots and shoots of medicinal plants

at different growth stages.

100

9.

Plant dry weight and shoot dry weight in A. paniculata inoculated

with different treatments and control.

148

10.

Phosphorus estimation in roots and leaves of A. paniculata after

150 days of growth.

149

11.

and
concentration
Andrographolide
Percent
andrographolide content per plant in treatments and control.

150

total

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No.
1.

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Map of Goa showing study sites.

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2.

Percent AM fungal colonization in medicinal plants of North Goa.

71

3.

Percent AM fungal colonization in medicinal plants of South Goa.

71

4.

Seasonal variations in percent colonization of AM fungal species

in medicinal plants.

71

5.

Seasonal variation in spore density in medicinal plants.

81

6.

Spore density in medicinal plants of North Goa.

81

7.

Spore density in medicinal plants of South Goa.

82

8.

Species richness of AM fungal species in North Goa.

82

9.

Species richness of AM fungal species in South Goa.

82

10.

Simpson's Diversity Index of AM fungi in medicinal plants.

82

11.

Shannon Wiener Diversity Index of AM fungi in medicinal plants

82

12.

Species evenness in medicinal plants.

82

13.

Frequency of occurrence (%) and Relative abundance (%) of AM

fungal species in vegetative stage of Andrographis paniculata.

98

14.

Frequency of occurrence (%) and Relative abundance (%) of AM

fungal species in flowering stage of A. paniculata.

15.

Frequency of occurrence (%) and Relative abundance (%) of AM

fungal species in fruiting stage of A. paniculata.

98

Frequency of occurrence (%) and Relative abundance (%) of AM

fungal species in vegetative stage of Rauwolfia serpentina.

99

Frequency of occurrence (%) and Relative abundance (%) of AM

fungal species in flowering stage of R. serpentina.

99

16.

17.

98

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Frequency of occurrence (%) and Relative abundance (%) of AM

fungal species in fruiting stage of R. serpentina.

99

19.

Frequency of occurrence (%) and Relative abundance (%) of AM

fungal species in vegetative stage of Catharanthus roseus.

99

20.

Frequency of occurrence (%) and Relative abundance (%) of AM

fungal species in flowering stage of C. roseus.

99

21.

Frequency of occurrence (%) and Relative abundance (%) of AM

fungal species in fruiting stage of C. roseus.

99

22.

Species richness of AM fungi in medicinal plants.

99

23.

Phosphorus concentration in roots and shoots of A. paniculata

at different growth stages.

100

24.

Phosphorus concentration in roots and shoots of C. roseus at

different growth stages.

100

25.

Phosphorus concentration in roots and shoots of R. serpentina at

different growth stages.

100

26.

Leaf number in A. paniculata plants inoculated with different

treatments.

148

27.

Mean shoot dry weight of A. paniculata plants inoculated with

different treatments.

148

28.

Mean plant dry weight of A. paniculata plants inoculated with

different treatments.

148

29.

Mycorrhizal dependency (MD) % in A. paniculata plants

inoculated with different treatments.

148

30.

Mycorrhizal Efficiency Index (MEI) % in A. paniculata inoculated

with different treatments.

149

31.

Root P concentration in A. paniculata inoculated with different

treatments.

149

32.

Shoot P concentration in A. paniculata inoculated with different

treatments.

149

33.

Percent andrographolide concentration in reference standard.

150

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Percent andrographolide concentration in A. paniculata plants

inoculated with S. calospora.

150

35.

Percent andrographolide concentration in A. paniculata plants

inoculated with S. biornata.

150

36.

Percent andrographolide concentration in A. paniculata plants

inoculated with G. fasciculatum.

150

37.

Percent andrographolide concentration in A. paniculata plants

inoculated with A. scrobiculata.

150

38.

Percent andrographolide concentration in A. paniculata plants

inoculated with Gi. albida.

150

39.

Percent andrographolide concentration in A. paniculata plants

grown in sterilized soil.

150

40.

Percent andrographolide concentration in A. paniculata grown in

unsterilized soil.

150

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1.

Medicinal plant species- I.

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Medicinal plant species- IL

68

3.

Root colonization of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi- Hyphal and

arbuscular colonization.

71

4.

Root colonization of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi- Vesicular

colonization.

71

5.

Mycorrhizal colonization in medicinal plants during growth

stages.

97

6.

Arbuscular colonization in Gi. albida.

110

7.

Vesicular colonization in G. clarum.

111

8.

Intraradical and Extraradical spores.

110

9.

Polyphosphate granules and lipid bodies.

111

10.

Trap cultures of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.

119

11.

Scutellospora species I.

124

12.

Scutellospora species IL

126

13.

Gigaspora species and Acaulospora species- I.

122

14.

Acaulospora species- II.

122

15.

Glomus species I.

129

16.

Glomus species II.

132

17.

Glomus species III.

136

18.

Effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal inoculation on the

growth of Andrographis paniculata plants.

147

19.

Mycorrhizal colonization in A. paniculata plants inoculated

with AM fungal species and control.

147

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