Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal (AMF) association constitutes an important component of soil edaphon affecting plant
growth and development. Their diversity and composition varies among different habitat. In the present investigation, attempts
were made to screen out AMF species from rhizospheric soil of Achellea millefolium- an important medicinal plant. A total of
five different species of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) spores were screened out from the rhizospheric soil. AM fungi belonging
to genus Glomus were found dominant followed by Gigaspora and Acaulospora. Root samples also showed a wide range of
variation in terms of AM root colonization. It was found that number of spores in the rhizosphere of plant was not related to the
intensity of AM root colonization.
