Mycorrhizae enhances horticultural plant yield and nutrient uptake under phosphorus deficient field soil condition

ORTAŞ İ., Iqbal T., Yucel Y. C.

JOURNAL OF PLANT NUTRITION, vol.42, no.10, pp.1152-1164, 2019 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 42 Issue: 10
  • Publication Date: 2019
  • Doi Number: 10.1080/01904167.2019.1609500
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF PLANT NUTRITION
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1152-1164
  • Keywords: Glomus mossae, inoculation effectiveness, mycorrhizal vegetable plants, synergistic interaction, Zn and P uptake, ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAS, GROWTH, FUNGI, ZINC, INOCULATION, NUTRITION, NONMYCORRHIZAL, COLONIZATION, METAANALYSIS, ACQUISITION
  • Çukurova University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Mycorrhizae can enhance plant growth and phosphorus (P) use efficiency in horticultural plants. This research evaluated the effectiveness of mycorrhizae on increasing growth and yield of nine horticultural plants for two different rates of P fertilization under field conditions. The mycorrhizal inoculums increased the root colonization of mycorrhizal horticultural plants compared with the non-inoculated treatments. Mycorrhizal inoculation significantly increased onion, garlic, chickpea, broad bean, carrot, parsley and cress plants. Mycorrhizal effectiveness showed that without P addition the effect of mycorrhizae on plant yield is much higher than that with P fertilizer addition. Under low P fertilization inoculation effectiveness is much higher than P addition treatments. Mycorrhizal inoculums also increased tissue P and zinc (Zn) for horticultural plant. The improved growth, yield, Zn and P uptake in plants demonstrated the potential of mycorrhizal inoculation to reduce the effects P fertilization on horticultural plants grown under field conditions.