Abstract
Experiments were conducted to investigate the influence of cultural media and arbuscular mycorrhizal(AM) fungi on the growth and yield of watermelon(Citrullus vulgaris Schrad.,cultivar Jingxin 1).Seeds of watermelon were sown in peat,sand,vermiculite,perlite,sandy loam or quartz sand inoculated with or without AM fungal inoculation.AM fungi,Glomus mosseae Nicolson Gerdemann,Glomus intraradices Schenck Smith,Glomus versiforme Berch,Glomus etunicatum Becker Gerdemann and mixed inocula of G.mosseae and Sclerocystis sinuosa(Ger.Bakshi) Almeida Schenck were used.Seeds were also sown in mixed media with peat,vermiculite and sand in various proportion by volume peatsandvermiculite(111)(A);peatsandvermiculite(231)(B);peatsandvermiculite(321)(C);peatsandvermiculite(132)(D);peat:sand:vermiculite(312)(E);peatsandvermiculite(123)(F);peatsandvermiculite(213)(G) inoculated with or without G.mosseae.Significant differences were observed in some treatments with respect to mycorrhizal colonization rates,mineral contents,growth,yield and soluble sugar contents of watermelon.Peat,G.mossea and G.versiforme treatments resulted in the most beneficial effects on growth and yield of watermelon.Media E proved to be the best combination.So peat,and media E should be used for vegetables grown in soilless media and employed more widely in future.
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Claim · model-written summary
Treatments differed significantly in colonization, mineral content, growth, yield and sugars.
- Taxon
- watermelon
Citrullus lanatuse0 - Treatment
- some treatmentse0
- Outcome
- mycorrhizal colonization rates,mineral contents,growth,yield and soluble sugar contentse0
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e0“Significant differences were observed in some treatments with respect to mycorrhizal colonization rates,mineral contents,growth,yield and soluble sugar contents of watermelon”
Claim · model-written summary
Peat benefited growth and yield most.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatuse0
- Treatment
- Peate0
- Outcome
- growth and yielde0
- Direction
- most beneficiale0
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e0“Peat,G.mossea and G.versiforme treatments resulted in the most beneficial effects on growth and yield of watermelon”
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G. mossea benefited growth and yield most.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatuse0
- Treatment
- G.mosseae0
- Interactor
- G.mosseae0symbiont
- Outcome
- growth and yielde0
- Direction
- most beneficiale0
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e0“Peat,G.mossea and G.versiforme treatments resulted in the most beneficial effects on growth and yield of watermelon”
Claim · model-written summary
G. versiforme benefited growth and yield most.
- Taxon
- watermelonCitrullus lanatuse0
- Treatment
- G.versiformee0
- Interactor
- G.versiformeDiversispora versiformise0symbiont
- Outcome
- growth and yielde0
- Direction
- most beneficiale0
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e0“Peat,G.mossea and G.versiforme treatments resulted in the most beneficial effects on growth and yield of watermelon”
Claim · model-written summary
Media E was the best combination.
- Taxon
- WatermelonCitrullus lanatust0
- Treatment
- Media Ee0
- Outcome
- best combinatione0
- Direction
- beste0
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e0“Media E proved to be the best combination”
t0“Watermelon”
Claim · model-written summary
Peat and medium E were recommended for soilless vegetables.
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e0“So peat,and media E should be used for vegetables grown in soilless media and employed more widely in future”
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