Journal article

Publication year: 1996

Pages: 194-198

Journal: Journal of applied botany = Angewandte Botanik

Volume number: 70

Issue number: 5-6

ISSN: 0949-5460

Publisher: Blackwell

Abstract: 
The effect of mycorrhizal inoculation, Glomus sp. D13 (originated from Hannover), on the growth response as well as P and K uptake of maize (Zen mays L.) was tested. The greenhouse experiment was conducted at five levels of P fertilization (0, 21.5, 43, 64.5, and 86 mg P/kg soil). At 49 days after planting, the colonization ranged from 20 to 24% of the total root length in inoculated plants and there was no colonization in noninoculated plants. Three weeks later, at harvest, colonization ranged from 20 to 35% in inoculated plants and 0 to 3% in noninoculated plants. The root length of mycorrhizal plants remained lower, but insignificant, than that of nonmycorrhizal plants. The root dry weight was increased with increasing levels of P application in both treatments. The root dry weights of control plants were significantly higher than those of the respective mycorrhizal plants at all levels of applied P. Shoot dry weight increased until P2 and P3 levels in inoculated and noninoculated plants respectively. In mycorrhizal treatment, total uptake of P (as well as P concentrations in roots and shoots) was increased as was the uptake of K. The K concentration in shoots of mycorrhizal plants was also higher than that of nonmycorrhizal plants, whereas the root K concentrations of inoculated and noninoculated plants did not vary when P was applied.

Harvard Citation style: Beyene, S., Ricken, B. and Höfner, W. (1996) Effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus on dry matter yield, as well as P and K concentrations in Maize (Zea mays L) at increasing levels of P supply, Journal of applied botany = Angewandte Botanik, 70(5-6), pp. 194-198

APA Citation style: Beyene, S., Ricken, B., & Höfner, W. (1996). Effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus on dry matter yield, as well as P and K concentrations in Maize (Zea mays L) at increasing levels of P supply. Journal of applied botany = Angewandte Botanik. 70(5-6), 194-198.