Abstract
The influence of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus (AMF), Glomus deserticola, and leaf mulch from Gliricidia sepium and Senna siamea on the yield of cassava (Manihot esculenta) in a degraded alfisol of southwestern Nigeria was investigated. Inoculation in conjunction with mulching increased cassava tuber yield by 40-278% over the control. The highest yield was obtained with G. sepium and S. siamea mulch applied together in equal proportions. The results are explained in the light of the growth-enhancing effects of AMF, encouraged by the ameliorating effects of mulch on the soil structure and nutrient contents.
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Claim · model-written summary
Inoculation with the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus deserticola combined with mulch increased cassava tuber yield by 40-278% over the control.
- Taxon
- cassava
Manihot esculentae1 - Organ / stage
- tubere2
- Treatment
- Inoculation in conjunction with mulchinge2
- Interactor
- Glomus deserticolaSeptoglomus deserticolae1symbiont
- Outcome
- cassava tuber yielde2
- Direction
- increasede2
- Value
- 40-278%e2
- Comparator
- the controle2
- Setting
- degraded alfisol of southwestern Nigeriae1
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Verbatim
e1“The influence of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus (AMF), Glomus deserticola, and leaf mulch from Gliricidia sepium and Senna siamea on the yield of cassava (Manihot esculenta) in a degraded alfisol of southwestern Nigeria was investigated”
e2“Inoculation in conjunction with mulching increased cassava tuber yield by 40-278% over the control”
Claim · model-written summary
Cassava yield was highest with Gliricidia sepium and Senna siamea mulch applied together in equal proportions.
- Taxon
- cassavaManihot esculentae1
- Treatment
- G. sepium and S. siamea mulch applied together in equal proportionse3
- Outcome
- yielde3
- Direction
- higheste3
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“The influence of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus (AMF), Glomus deserticola, and leaf mulch from Gliricidia sepium and Senna siamea on the yield of cassava (Manihot esculenta) in a degraded alfisol of southwestern Nigeria was investigated”
e3“The highest yield was obtained with G. sepium and S. siamea mulch applied together in equal proportions”
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