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THE EFFECT OF MYCORRHIZA ON NUTRIENT UPTAKE AND PLANT DEVELOPMENT OF THREE STRAWBERRY CULTIVARS
Article number
439_119
Pages
709 – 716
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Abstract
The effect of inoculation with the endomycorrhizal fungus Glomus macrocarpum on nutrient uptake and growth of three strawberry cultivars was evaluated under greenhouse conditions.
Mycorrhizal and non-mycorrhizal plants were grown in a phosphorus-deficient soil dressed with insoluble rock phosphate (hydroxyapatite). Also, non-mycorrhizal plants were grown in the same soil fertilized with soluble phosphorus.
The soil was not autoclaved.
Shoot dry weight, concentration of phosphorus (P) in the leaves, total P uptake, leaf area, number of leaves, crowns and stolons were significantly higher in mycorrhizal plants than in non-mycorrhizal plants grown in the soil dressed with hydroxyapatite.
Also, inoculation with the endomycorrhizal fungus increased shoot dry weight of the plants significantly compared to non-mycorrhizal plants which were fertilized with soluble phosphorus, but no significant difference was found between them regarding total P uptake.
Mycorrhiza did not affect significantly the uptake of K, Ca and Mg.
Concentration of micronutrients was lower in mycorrhizal plants than in non-mycorrhizal plants.
The establishment of the mycorrhiza proved beneficial to the plants in the soil low in available phosphorus by means of increased P-uptake and growth.
Mycorrhizal and non-mycorrhizal plants were grown in a phosphorus-deficient soil dressed with insoluble rock phosphate (hydroxyapatite). Also, non-mycorrhizal plants were grown in the same soil fertilized with soluble phosphorus.
The soil was not autoclaved.
Shoot dry weight, concentration of phosphorus (P) in the leaves, total P uptake, leaf area, number of leaves, crowns and stolons were significantly higher in mycorrhizal plants than in non-mycorrhizal plants grown in the soil dressed with hydroxyapatite.
Also, inoculation with the endomycorrhizal fungus increased shoot dry weight of the plants significantly compared to non-mycorrhizal plants which were fertilized with soluble phosphorus, but no significant difference was found between them regarding total P uptake.
Mycorrhiza did not affect significantly the uptake of K, Ca and Mg.
Concentration of micronutrients was lower in mycorrhizal plants than in non-mycorrhizal plants.
The establishment of the mycorrhiza proved beneficial to the plants in the soil low in available phosphorus by means of increased P-uptake and growth.
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Authors
G. Paraskevopoulou-Paroussi, N. Karagiannidis, E. Paroussis, G. Spanomitsios
Keywords
Fragaria x ananassa, Glomus macrocarpum, micro-nutrients, soil
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