An investigation was conducted on the effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus, Glomus etunicatum on the formation of soil aggregate and mycorhizal development in the roots of Robinia pseudoacacia seedlings in coal mine tailings and forest soil. G. etunicatum formed mycorrhizas by 35.1 % in coal mine tailings and by 48.9 % in forest soil. Its infection was the typical Arum-type forming inter-cellular hyphae and intra-cellular arbuscules. Ergosterol contents were 3.20 ppm in forest soil and 1.92 ppm in coal mine tailings. The formation of soil aggregate per 50 g pot soil was 19.6 g and 9.5 g in inoculated and noninoculated forest soil and 16.5 g and 11.0 g in inoculated and non-inoculated coal min tailings, respectively. In conclusion, G. etunicatum inoculation increased the formation of soil aggregate both in forest soil and coal mine tailings, but was less effective in the latter.

 INTRODUCTION  MATERIALS AND METHODS   1. Experiment Materials   2. Experiment Design   3. Measurement   4. Statistics Process  RESULTS AND DISCUSSION   1. Mycorrhizal Infection Rate and InfectionCharacteristics by Soil   2. Ergosterol Content within Soil due to Mycorrhizal Inoculation   3. Soil Aggregate Formation due to Mycorrhizal Inoculation  REFERENCES

• Hong, Seung-Jin(Dept. of Forest Science, Chungbuk National Univ)
• Park, Yong-Woo( Dept. of Forest Science, Chungbuk National Univ) | Park, Yong-Woo
• Lim, Kyung-Min( Dept. of Forest Science, Chungbuk National Univ) | Lim, Kyung-Min
• Kim, Se-Kyung( Dept. of Forest Science, Chungbuk National Univ) | Kim, Se-Kyung
• Koo, Chang-Duck( Dept. of Forest Science, Chungbuk National Univ) | Koo, Chang-Duck