Amounts of Fungal Mycelium in the Soil by Soil Sectioning Technique in West Bengal, India

Author: Ankush Pal

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Abstract

The microscopic analysis of fungal populations in comparatively undisturbed soil samples from the layers of iron-humus soil in West Bengal was made possible by the application of the soil-sectioning approach. Additionally, a seasonal analysis of the quantitative variations in fungal populations in the soil's five mineral horizons and the A0h layer of the organic horizon was conducted using this technique. The most sensitive method for these quantitative evaluations was measuring the mycelium length per unit amount of soil; this method outperformed measuring the density of mycelium or the percentage frequency of mycelium occurrence. The outcomes of this research demonstrate the significance of microscopic analysis of soil in offering crucial additional information to that which can be gained from cultural studies

Keywords

Fungal mycelium, soil, soil sectioning technique, West Bengal

Conclusion

Numerous researchers have used culture techniques to study seasonal variations in the makeup and activity of fungal communities. However, their findings have frequently been inconclusive. When combined with the data from this investigation, the data from West Bengal have been previously discussed (Williams and Parkinson 1964), and they significantly support Warcup's (1955) claim that "In studies on activity of fungi microscopic and isolation techniques". A range of techniques combined with as much physically observation as feasible will likely produce the most information, as no single approach seems to be fully suitable at this time Vinichuk et al. (2013)

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Ankush Pal (2022). Amounts of Fungal Mycelium in the Soil by Soil Sectioning Technique in West Bengal, India. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 14(5): 94-97