Abstract
Arbuscular mycorrhizal [AM] fungi are mutualistic symbionts that impart a number of benefits to host plants, any one of which can make them important contributors to productivity of alternative agricultural systems. Inoculation of vegetable seedlings prior to outplanting is economically feasible. One of three inoculation treatments was imposed upon Capsicum annuum L. cv. Camelot seedlings: (1) Glomus intraradices, (2) a mixed inoculum of Glomus mosseae, Glomus etunicatum and Gigaspora rosea, and (3) uninoculated controls. Plants were transplanted into high P soil field plots that received either composted dairy cow manure or conventional chemical fertilizer. There were no significant differences in yield between nutrient amendments, but inoculation with AM fungi significantly affected fruit yield. The mixed inocula increased yields relative to controls by 14 to 23% in plots amended with compost and 34% one year with chemical fertilizers. Glomus intraradices depressed seedling growth relative to controls and decreased yields in one of two years. Inoculation with AM fungi is a management option that should not be ignored in high P soils, but proper selection of inoculum is essential.
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Claims 6
Claim · model-written summary
Inoculation with AM fungi significantly affected fruit yield.
- Taxon
- Capsicum annuum
Capsicum annuume0 - Material
- Camelote0
- Treatment
- inoculation with AM fungie3
- Interactor
- AM fungiGlomeromycotae3symbiont
- Outcome
- fruit yielde3
Not reportedComparatorDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Capsicum annuum L. cv. Camelot seedlings”
e3“inoculation with AM fungi significantly affected fruit yield”
Claim · model-written summary
Mixed inocula increased pepper yield by 14 to 23% relative to controls in plots amended with compost.
- Taxon
- Capsicum annuumCapsicum annuume0
- Material
- Camelote0
- Treatment
- mixed inoculae2
- Interactor
- AM fungiGlomeromycotae3symbiont
- Outcome
- yieldse2
- Direction
- increasede2
- Value
- 14 to 23%e2
- Qualifier
- in plots amended with composte2
- Comparator
- controlse2
- Setting
- high P soil field plotse1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Capsicum annuum L. cv. Camelot seedlings”
e1“Plants were transplanted into high P soil field plots that received either composted dairy cow manure or conventional chemical fertilizer”
e2“The mixed inocula increased yields relative to controls by 14 to 23% in plots amended with compost and 34% one year with chemical fertilizers”
e3“inoculation with AM fungi significantly affected fruit yield”
Claim · model-written summary
Mixed inocula increased pepper yield by 34% relative to controls with chemical fertilizers in one year.
- Taxon
- Capsicum annuumCapsicum annuume0
- Material
- Camelote0
- Treatment
- mixed inoculae2
- Interactor
- AM fungiGlomeromycotae3symbiont
- Outcome
- yieldse2
- Direction
- increasede2
- Value
- 34%e2
- Qualifier
- one year with chemical fertilizerse2
- Comparator
- controlse2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Capsicum annuum L. cv. Camelot seedlings”
e2“The mixed inocula increased yields relative to controls by 14 to 23% in plots amended with compost and 34% one year with chemical fertilizers”
e3“inoculation with AM fungi significantly affected fruit yield”
Claim · model-written summary
Glomus intraradices depressed seedling growth relative to controls.
- Taxon
- Capsicum annuumCapsicum annuume0
- Material
- Camelote0
- Treatment
- Glomus intraradicese4
- Interactor
- Glomus intraradicesRhizophagus intraradicese4symbiont
- Outcome
- seedling growthe4
- Direction
- depressede4
- Comparator
- controlse4
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Capsicum annuum L. cv. Camelot seedlings”
e4“Glomus intraradices depressed seedling growth relative to controls and decreased yields in one of two years”
Claim · model-written summary
Glomus intraradices decreased pepper yields in one of two years.
- Taxon
- Capsicum annuumCapsicum annuume0
- Material
- Camelote0
- Treatment
- Glomus intraradicese4
- Interactor
- Glomus intraradicesRhizophagus intraradicese4symbiont
- Outcome
- yieldse4
- Direction
- decreasede4
- Qualifier
- in one of two yearse4
- Comparator
- controlse4
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Capsicum annuum L. cv. Camelot seedlings”
e4“Glomus intraradices depressed seedling growth relative to controls and decreased yields in one of two years”
Claim · model-written summary
Inoculation with AM fungi is a management option for high P soils, provided that inoculum is selected properly.
- Taxon
- Capsicum annuumCapsicum annuume0
- Outcome
- management optione5
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Capsicum annuum L. cv. Camelot seedlings”
e5“Inoculation with AM fungi is a management option that should not be ignored in high P soils, but proper selection of inoculum is essential”
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2 in the opposite direction
- positive
- positive
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- positive
- positive
- no effect
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