Index >> Sulphur Phosphorus and Trace Element Nutrition >> Solubilization of Tricalcium Phosphate or Calcium Phytate by Isolates of Soil Fungi

Fungi

Number tested/Number significant in solubilization

No. of isolates showing significance

P2O5 in mg/ 50 ml

pH of culture filtrate

Control(uninoculated)

-

-

2.59 (2.50)

6.6 (9.6)

Acrothecium

1/1

1

2.48 (3.62)*

8.0 (8.4)

Aspergillu

10/4

1
2
3

4

3.30* (2.10)
4.25* (3.07)*
5.75* (1.73)
11.32* (11.27)*

7.5 (8.1)
6.1 (8.1)
5.8 (7.6)

4.0(4.6)

Cephalosporium

1/0

-

-

-

Chaetomium

1/0

-

-

-

Cladosporium

1/1

1

4.80* (3.67)*

5.5 (5.6)

Fusarium

9/2

1

2.83 (7.33)*

f 7.0 (6.1)

Mortierella

1/0

-

-

-

Paecilomyces

3/2

1

6.94* (238)

5.8 (7.5)

2

3.89* (266)

6.5 (8.5)

Penicillium

10/9

1

3.78*(275)

6.1 (7.5)

2

6.56. J260)

5.0 (8.5)

3

6.51. (J.23).

5.5 (8.0)

4

11.45. (1.75)

6.3 (5.6)

5

9.0 (8.07).

5.7 (6.8)

6

4.55. (2.75)

5.8 (6.8)

7

5.98. (3.17).

7.0 (6.7)

8

3.59. (7.2W

5.0 (5.0)

9

11.83. (6.19).

6.4 (5.4)

2

6.56. J260)

5.0 (8.5)

Phoma

1/1

1

2.07 (4.00)*

7.3 (6.2)

Rhizoctonia

1/1

1

2.47 (3.84)*.

6.0 (7.1)

Rhizopus

2/0

-

-

-

Scolecobasidium

1/0

-

-

-

Sordaria

1/0

-

-

-

Thielavia

3/0

-

-

-

Trichoderma

2/0

-

-

-