Abstract
The use of Arbuscular Mycorrhiza (AM) as an aid for yield increase in sustainable alley cropping system was investigated in this study at different sites within the same region in Nigeria. The results show that alley cropping improved cassava yield more than fertilizer application. It was found that either Arbuscular Mycorrhiza (AM) or inorganic fertilizer can be substituted for each other when cassava is alley-cropped with Cajanus cajan (L. Millsp). In cassava (Manihot esculenta, Crantz) and cowpea (Cajanus cajan L. Millsp), Arbuscular Mycorrhiza (AM) inoculation significantly increased the crop yield more than the uninoculated treatment. Cassava mulched with the leguminous shrub had very low yield (T3) compared to the one with AM treatment (T2). But when inorganic fertilizer was added (T1), the yield was better than T3. However, T2 yielded more than other treatments, without application of inorganic fertilizer, Arbuscular Mycorrhiza (AM) made the locked up nutrients in the soil available to the plants and enhanced N-fixation of the plants.
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Claim · model-written summary
Alley cropping improved cassava yield more than fertilizer application.
- Taxon
- cassava
Manihot esculentae0 - Treatment
- alley croppinge0
- Outcome
- cassava yielde0
- Direction
- improvede0
- Comparator
- fertilizer applicatione0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“alley cropping improved cassava yield more than fertilizer application”
Claim · model-written summary
Arbuscular Mycorrhiza inoculation significantly increased cassava yield over no inoculation.
- Taxon
- cassavaManihot esculentae0
- Treatment
- Arbuscular Mycorrhiza (AM) inoculatione0
- Interactor
- Arbuscular Mycorrhiza (AM)e0symbiont
- Outcome
- crop yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Comparator
- uninoculated treatmente0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“In cassava (Manihot esculenta, Crantz) and cowpea (Cajanus cajan L. Millsp), Arbuscular Mycorrhiza (AM) inoculation significantly increased the crop yield more than the uninoculated treatment.”
Claim · model-written summary
Arbuscular Mycorrhiza inoculation significantly increased cowpea yield over no inoculation.
- Taxon
- cowpea
Vigna unguiculatae0 - Treatment
- Arbuscular Mycorrhiza (AM) inoculatione0
- Interactor
- Arbuscular Mycorrhiza (AM)e0symbiont
- Outcome
- crop yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Comparator
- uninoculated treatmente0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“In cassava (Manihot esculenta, Crantz) and cowpea (Cajanus cajan L. Millsp), Arbuscular Mycorrhiza (AM) inoculation significantly increased the crop yield more than the uninoculated treatment.”
Claim · model-written summary
Cassava mulched with the leguminous shrub yielded less than cassava receiving AM treatment.
- Taxon
- CassavaManihot esculentae0
- Treatment
- mulched with the leguminous shrube0
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Direction
- very lowe0
- Comparator
- AM treatment (T2)e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Cassava mulched with the leguminous shrub had very low yield (T3) compared to the one with AM treatment (T2).”
Claim · model-written summary
Adding inorganic fertilizer improved yield over T3.
Not reportedTaxon
Verbatim
e0“But when inorganic fertilizer was added (T1), the yield was better than T3.”
Claim · model-written summary
AM treatment T2 yielded more than other treatments.
Not reportedTaxon
Verbatim
e0“However, T2 yielded more than other treatments”
Claim · model-written summary
AM increased soil nutrient availability to the plants.
- Taxon
- plantsViridiplantaee0
- Interactor
- Arbuscular Mycorrhiza (AM)e0symbiont
- Outcome
- locked up nutrients in the soil availablee0
- Direction
- availablee0
Verbatim
e0“Arbuscular Mycorrhiza (AM) made the locked up nutrients in the soil available to the plants and enhanced N-fixation of the plants.”
Claim · model-written summary
AM enhanced plant N fixation.
- Taxon
- plantsViridiplantaee0
- Interactor
- Arbuscular Mycorrhiza (AM)e0symbiont
- Outcome
- N-fixatione0
- Direction
- enhancede0
Verbatim
e0“Arbuscular Mycorrhiza (AM) made the locked up nutrients in the soil available to the plants and enhanced N-fixation of the plants.”
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