Abstract
This study involves isolation, identification and evaluation of the most efficient fungal stain that promotes the plant growth and nutrient uptake in pomegranate in semi-arid agro-ecosystem. Five Penicillium strains were isolated from rhizosphere and evaluated in vitro for their K and P solubilizing efficacy and specific accession numbers were obtained from the National Fungal Collection Centre of India (NFCCI). The best performing strain was identified as Penicillium pinophilum (NFCCI 2498) using DNA sequencing. A pot culture experiment was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of P. pinophilum strain alone or in combination with insoluble K on growth and nutrient uptake of pomegranate plants. Soil inoculation with P. pinophilum was found to increase nutrient uptake (N, P, and K) that resulted in improved growth, significantly higher leaf area index and photosynthetic rate of plant. Inoculation of P. pinophilum with the insoluble K treated (100 mg K kg −1 soil) soil exhibited increased potassium and phosphorus uptake by 47.47 and 63.44 per cent, respectively. Mobilization of insoluble P could be attributed to the development and colonization of P. pinophilum in and around the rhizosphere of pomegranate as evidenced by higher dehydrogenase, alkaline and acid phosphatase activity in inoculated soil than control.
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Claims 5
Claim · model-written summary
Penicillium pinophilum inoculation increased pomegranate N, P and K uptake.
- Taxon
- pomegranate
Punica granatumt0 - Treatment
- Soil inoculation with P. pinophilume0
- Interactor
- P. pinophilumTalaromyces pinophiluse0symbiont
- Outcome
- nutrient uptake (N, P, and K)e0
- Direction
- increasee0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Soil inoculation with P. pinophilum was found to increase nutrient uptake (N, P, and K)”
t0“pomegranate”
Claim · model-written summary
Inoculation improved pomegranate growth, leaf area index and photosynthetic rate.
- Taxon
- pomegranatePunica granatumt0
- Treatment
- Soil inoculation with P. pinophilume1
- Interactor
- P. pinophilumTalaromyces pinophiluse1symbiont
- Outcome
- growth, significantly higher leaf area index and photosynthetic ratee0
- Direction
- improvede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“improved growth, significantly higher leaf area index and photosynthetic rate of plant”
e1“Soil inoculation with P. pinophilum”
t0“pomegranate”
Claim · model-written summary
Inoculation with insoluble K increased potassium uptake by 47.47 per cent.
- Taxon
- pomegranatePunica granatumt0
- Treatment
- Inoculation of P. pinophilum with the insoluble K treated (100 mg K kg −1 soil) soile0
- Interactor
- P. pinophilumTalaromyces pinophiluse0symbiont
- Outcome
- potassium and phosphorus uptakee0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 47.47e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Inoculation of P. pinophilum with the insoluble K treated (100 mg K kg −1 soil) soil exhibited increased potassium and phosphorus uptake by 47.47 and 63.44 per cent, respectively”
t0“pomegranate”
Claim · model-written summary
Inoculation with insoluble K increased phosphorus uptake by 63.44 per cent.
- Taxon
- pomegranatePunica granatumt0
- Treatment
- Inoculation of P. pinophilum with the insoluble K treated (100 mg K kg −1 soil) soile0
- Interactor
- P. pinophilumTalaromyces pinophiluse0symbiont
- Outcome
- phosphorus uptakee0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 63.44 per cente0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Inoculation of P. pinophilum with the insoluble K treated (100 mg K kg −1 soil) soil exhibited increased potassium and phosphorus uptake by 47.47 and 63.44 per cent, respectively”
t0“pomegranate”
Claim · model-written summary
Inoculated soil had higher dehydrogenase and phosphatase activity than control soil.
- Taxon
- pomegranatePunica granatumt0
- Treatment
- inoculated soile0
- Interactor
- P. pinophilumTalaromyces pinophiluse1symbiont
- Outcome
- dehydrogenase, alkaline and acid phosphatase activity in inoculated soile0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“higher dehydrogenase, alkaline and acid phosphatase activity in inoculated soil than control”
t0“pomegranate”
e1“P. pinophilum in and around the rhizosphere of pomegranate”
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