Role of Rhizosphere Fungi Associated with Commercially Explored Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: A Review

Mosma Nadim Shaikh, Digambar Nabhu Mokat*

Department of Botany, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, Maharashtra, India.

Corresponding author Email: parimalsai@gmail.com

DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CARJ.6.1.09

Abstract:

The study of rhizospheric microbial flora for the enhancement of aroma compounds is well recognized. The rhizosphere microbes also play very important role in improving medicinal values of plants. Rhizospheric microbes affect the plant physiology by imparting several useful effects such as nitrogen fixation, nutrient uptake, and production of secondary metabolites in the medicinal and aromatic plants. Recent days there are increasing the interests in the research of the relation between rhizosphere microbes associated with medicinal plant for the improvement of quality of medicinal plants. A large variety of fungi and bacteria is recognized in the rhizosphere soil of medicinal plants that showed significant effect in secondary metabolite alteration and uptake of plant nutrient. There are reports that rhizosphere fungi not only enhanced the growth parameters in plants but also considerably modulated essential oil’s quality. This study highlighted the researches performed on active role of rhizosphere fungi on explored medicinal and aromatic plants. As the use of organic material is one of the constituents of good agricultural practices (GAPs). Therefore, this review also investigates the environmental concerns reducing the use harmful chemicals as well as recommendation for utilization of biological and organics in agriculture. Therefore, a proper understanding of role of rhizosphere mycoflora associated with the medicinal plants is essential.

Keywords:

Essential Oils; Medicinal and Aromatic Plants; Rhizosphere Fungi; Secondary Metabolites

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