Development of hyphal fusion mechanism in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in vitro

The project envisages for the first time use of hyphal fusion method known to be used for other fungi. The use of such a technique was not possible due to non-availability of complete lifecycle on semi synthetic media. The developed technology of growing AMFs (arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi) in vitro at TERI has paved way of employing such techniques for developing genetic variants. The same would be attempted in this project.