Fig. 2.

A representative figure showing post treatment results obtained for mycorrhizal propagules and roots. a and b) Viable (red colored) mycorrhizal spore on the colonised roots of O. basilicum after temperature assisted extraction. a) Extra-radical viable spore (ers), b) intra-radical viable spore (irs). “r” stands for colonised root. c and d) Root growth on M medium in a 90 mm Petri dish for control and treated samples after 1 month of incubation at 26 °C. c) Control roots after 6 h of treatment in water at 30 °C, d) roots treated in 10% methanol after 6 h of incubation at 30 °C. e and f) Hyphal growth in the control and treated samples after one month of growth. e) Control plate (6 h of treatment in water at 30 °C), showing growing hyphae (h; indicated by arrow) and spores (s; indicated in a circle), f) Treated plate (roots treated in 10% methanol after 6 h of incubation at 30 °C) showing hyphae (h) and a spore. Scale of a and b = 100 μm, c and d = 1.8 cm and e and f = 50 μm.