Title: Investigation of Genetically Modified Crops (GMO’s)

As Fertilizers in the Growth Analysis of Corn inoculated with Mychorrhiza Fungi

This research was based on the study of Stevenson (1982) about 20% of the chicken manure are being
converted into humus, while 80% are being mineralized. Capuno (1984) found that chicken dung
contains about 3.45% N, 1.11% P2O5 and 0.003% K2O based on dry weight. Deep plowing and thorough
mixing of the chicken manure with the soil have a positive effect on the fertility and biological activity of
the soil, although it's residual effect has been more important than its direct effect. Mycorrhizae are the
most widespread symbiotic associations between the roots of a higher plants and the soil fungi. The
most commonly occuring forms are the vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizae (VAM). The VAM fungi species
belong to the family Endogonaceae (Endogonales) and are distributed worldwide (Rhodes 1980). The
symbiosis develops in the way that mycorrhizal fungus infects the cortical layer of the roots and fungal
hyphae (filaments). Then they begin to grow out of the fine roots of the host plant and penetrate
through the soil, which greatly improves the ability of the host plant to assimilate nutrients especially
the less mobile nutrients such as phosphorus (Muller-Samann and Kotschi, 1994).