Decomposed coconut coirpith and AM fungal inoculum -A good nursery media mix for Ruta gravelens L.

Abstract

Slow growing Ruta gravelens at nursery stage was tested by using five media mixes. The use of (G. mosseae) VAM fungi aa biofertilizer with decomposed coconut coirpith in 50 and 75 per cent most significantly increased the _vigour, plants height, increased m the vigor index , root length, number of leaves, VAM per cent colonization, spore number and nutrient content m shoots. The use of decomposed coconut coirpith with mycorrhizal inoculation at nursery stage of slow growing plants, must be suggest to chosen as the preferred strategy for waste treatment management.