Abstract
A major problem in fruit cultivation in Flanders is replant disease due to a lack of uncultivated soils available for new plantings. Replant disease can cause poor growth and affect time to full production, however Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) can prove their usefulness with regard to these problems. To further investigate the effect of AMF on nematodes, different AMF species were amended to potted apple seedlings in the presence of the nematode Pratylenchus penetrans. Generally, apple seedlings grew better in the presence of nematodes when mycorrhiza were inoculated into the soil. Moreover, a positive correlation (R2 ≥ 0.88) was found between the percentage root length colonization of the roots of apple seedlings, by AMF species, and nematode reduction in the soil of the seedlings. Indigenous AMF could colonize the roots of apple seedlings the most efficiently, resulting in a higher biocontrol effect. Besides, a synergistic effect was observed when two AMF strains were applied together leading to a significant growth response of the seedlings.
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Claim · model-written summary
Mycorrhizal inoculation improved apple seedling growth in the presence of nematodes.
- Taxon
- apple seedlings
Malus domesticae0 - Treatment
- mycorrhiza were inoculated into the soile0
- Interactor
- mycorrhizae0symbiont
- Outcome
- apple seedlings grewe0
- Direction
- bettere0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Generally, apple seedlings grew better in the presence of nematodes when mycorrhiza were inoculated into the soil.”
Claim · model-written summary
AMF root colonization correlated positively with nematode reduction in apple seedling soil.
- Taxon
- apple seedlingsMalus domesticae0
- Second interactor
- AMF speciese0symbiont
- Outcome
- nematode reduction in the soil of the seedlingse0
- Direction
- positive correlatione0
- Value
- R2 ≥ 0.88e0
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Verbatim
e0“a positive correlation (R2 ≥ 0.88) was found between the percentage root length colonization of the roots of apple seedlings, by AMF species, and nematode reduction in the soil of the seedlings.”
Claim · model-written summary
Indigenous AMF colonized apple seedling roots most efficiently.
- Taxon
- apple seedlingsMalus domesticae0
- Interactor
- Indigenous AMFe0symbiont
- Outcome
- colonize the roots of apple seedlingse0
- Direction
- most efficientlye0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Indigenous AMF could colonize the roots of apple seedlings the most efficiently”
Claim · model-written summary
Indigenous AMF produced a higher biocontrol effect.
- Taxon
- apple seedlingsMalus domesticae0
- Interactor
- Indigenous AMFe0symbiont
- Outcome
- biocontrol effecte0
- Direction
- highere0
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Verbatim
e0“Indigenous AMF could colonize the roots of apple seedlings the most efficiently, resulting in a higher biocontrol effect.”
Claim · model-written summary
Applying two AMF strains together produced a synergistic, significant seedling growth response.
- Taxon
- appleMalus domesticat0
- Treatment
- two AMF strains were applied togethere0
- Interactor
- AMF strainse0symbiont
- Outcome
- growth response of the seedlingse0
Not reportedComparatorDirection
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Verbatim
e0“a synergistic effect was observed when two AMF strains were applied together leading to a significant growth response of the seedlings.”
t0“Apple Seedlings”
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