Arbu
scular mycorrhizal fungal database, named
i
AMF (
www.amfungi.aurobindo.du.ac.in
) is first digital database on
biodiversity and phylogeny of these beneficial fungi in India. It provides access to data on 161 species of arbuscular
mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) along with comprehensive information on their GPS location of reported occurrence,
taxonomy,
molecular sequence, phylogeny and bibliography. The database is based on primary data collected by authors through
ongoing surveys (year 2009
-
2017) and secondary data from earlier studies (2008
–
2016). Data is carefully curated to verify
that it
corresponds to the reference publication and a valid species name is used. Apart from being ecological meta
-
analysis
data source, it would have significant application
in selection of non
-
indigenous AMF inoculum in agriculture, reforestation,
horticultural
and land reclamation practices.