Effects ofAM Fungi Inoculated on Four Coloured??Leaf Varieties

The inocu lant effectiveness of AM fung i on seedlings of four co lored-lea f varieties of F icus elastica w astested. The resu lts show ed that the infection rate o f ‘Decora burgundy’ 、 ‘Decora tr icolor’ , ‘Decora’ 、 ‘Variegata’w ere 90% 、75% 、65% 、85% , w itch increased by more than 65% comparing to that of the contro ls, and theMD ofthe four var iet ies w ere proved to have intensive dependence on AM. The results also suggested that inoculating AMfung i could greatly enhance the four varieties form ing AM in their roo t system and have significant effectiveness onthe ir grow th and b iom ass.