The Effect of Mycorrhizal Fungi Glomus spp. on the Quality and Quantity of Medicinal and Defensive Compounds of two Medicinal Plants: Salvia mirzayanii and Salvia macrosiphon

Today, agriculture is moving towards producing organic products. Mycorrhizal fungi play a key role in the production of such products. In this survey, the effects of inoculation with mycorrhizal Fungi on the qualitative and quantitative traits of two medicinal plants: Salvia mirzayanii and Salvia macrosiphon, have been investigated. Here, four separate pot experiments were carried out using a fully randomized design with 4 treatments of mycorrhizal fungi (Geosporum, Etunicatum, and the habitat soil of both species) and the absence of inoculation of mycorrhizal fungus as a control in three replications on the two plants. The analysis of gene expression of linalool showed that in the treatment of Salvia macrosiphon and Geosporum, there is a significant difference compared to the control group, and the p-value is less than 0.0001( p<0.0001). The analysis of gene expression of 1.8-Cineole showed that in the treatment of Salvia macrosiphon and Geosporum, there is a significant difference compared to the control group, and the p-value is less than 0.0001( p<0.0001). It became clear that the highest level of peroxidase enzyme(0 .68 μmol/min/mg protein) belonged to the plants sown in the bed containing Glomus Geosporum and the amount of catalase in Salvia macrosiphon(0.63 μmol/min/mg protein) was significantly higher than that in the Salvia mirzayanii( 0.56 μmol/min/mg protein). The highest amount of the catalase (0.75 μmol/min/mg protein) belonged to the plants sown in the soil as the control group. In other treatments, the level of catalase is reduced significantly.