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NURSERY INOCULATION OF PEPPER WITH ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI: AN EFFECTIVE TOOL TO ENHANCE TRANSPLANT PERFORMANCE

Article number
807_87
Pages
591 – 596
Language
English
Abstract
The objective of the current study was to assess the nursery inoculation of three pepper genotypes with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AM) on the transplant production performance.
Treatments were defined by a factorial combination of three local genotypes (Pontecorvo, Pupaccella, and Friggitelli) and two AM inoculation treatments (inoculated, +AM or non inoculated, -AM). Measurements of five-week transplants included shoot and root fresh weight and dry weight, leaf area, stem length, root length-diameter distribution and the AM root colonization.
Among treatments, Pupacella inoculated plants showed the better transplant performance due to its higher shoot fresh weight (avg. 7.7 g plant-1), high shoot:root ratio (avg. 2.8), good stem vigour (avg. 18.2 mg cm-1) and higher Specific Leaf Fresh Weight.
AM inoculation showed enhancement in transplant performance also in Friggitelli cultivar where root biomass were significantly increased with +AM in comparison with –AM treatment.
The measured AM colonization was relatively low due to the beginning of symbiosis process.
Pupacella cultivar showed the highest colonization percentage (15%). Use of AM in nursery appear to provide a benefit to the development of bell pepper transplants in particular under organic farming conditions.

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Authors
O. Temperini, Y. Rouphael, L. Parrano, E. Biagiola, G. Colla, R. Mariotti, E. Rea, C.M. Rivera
Keywords
arbuscular mycorrhiza, Capsicum annuum L., nursery, transplant
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