Abstract
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) represent a functionally important component of soil microbial community, being of particular significance for plant mineral nutrition in tropical agro ecosystems. The effects of AMF inoculation on growth and yield of two sweet potato varieties was studied during the short rains season of 2017/2018 in the Teaching and Research Farm of Agricultural Science and Technology Department, Kenyatta University. The experiment was laid down as 2x2 factorial design in a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications. The experimental factors were two sweet potato varieties (Kemb-10 and Bungoma) and AMF inoculum (With and without inoculation). Data on growth parameters was collected on vine length and number of branches, while data on yield was collected on marketable storage roots and shoot biomass. Data was analyzed using Genstat 15th edition and the results showed that there was significantly difference at P≤0.05 among the treatments. AMF inoculation increased growth and yield of sweet potatoes by vine length 29.74%, Number of branches 22.36%, marketable storage roots 18.32%, and shoot biomass 28.68% in week 20. Also, variety interacting with AMF inoculation enhanced growth and yield parameters. In conclusion, the study demonstrated that the application of commercial AMF inoculum solely or when interacting with varieties enhanced growth and yield of sweet potatoes, though there was no significant difference between the two varieties.
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Claim · model-written summary
AMF inoculation increased vine length by 29.74% in week 20 compared with no inoculation.
- Taxon
- Sweet Potato
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Ipomoea batatast0 - Treatment
- AMF inoculatione1
- Interactor
- AMFe0symbiont
- Outcome
- vine lengthe1
- Direction
- increasede1
- Value
- 29.74%e1
- Qualifier
- in week 20e1
- Comparator
- without inoculatione2
- Setting
- Teaching and Research Farm of Agricultural Science and Technology Department, Kenyatta Universitye3
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
t0“Effects of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Inoculation on Growth and Yield of Two Sweet Potato Varieties”
e0“Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) represent a functionally important component of soil microbial community”
e1“AMF inoculation increased growth and yield of sweet potatoes by vine length 29.74%, Number of branches 22.36%, marketable storage roots 18.32%, and shoot biomass 28.68% in week 20”
e2“AMF inoculum (With and without inoculation)”
e3“was studied during the short rains season of 2017/2018 in the Teaching and Research Farm of Agricultural Science and Technology Department, Kenyatta University”
Claim · model-written summary
AMF inoculation increased number of branches by 22.36% in week 20 compared with no inoculation.
- Taxon
- Sweet PotatoIpomoea batatast0
- Treatment
- AMF inoculatione1
- Interactor
- AMFe0symbiont
- Outcome
- Number of branchese1
- Direction
- increasede1
- Value
- 22.36%e1
- Qualifier
- in week 20e1
- Comparator
- without inoculatione2
- Setting
- Teaching and Research Farm of Agricultural Science and Technology Department, Kenyatta Universitye3
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Effects of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Inoculation on Growth and Yield of Two Sweet Potato Varieties”
e0“Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) represent a functionally important component of soil microbial community”
e1“AMF inoculation increased growth and yield of sweet potatoes by vine length 29.74%, Number of branches 22.36%, marketable storage roots 18.32%, and shoot biomass 28.68% in week 20”
e2“AMF inoculum (With and without inoculation)”
e3“was studied during the short rains season of 2017/2018 in the Teaching and Research Farm of Agricultural Science and Technology Department, Kenyatta University”
Claim · model-written summary
AMF inoculation increased marketable storage roots by 18.32% in week 20 compared with no inoculation.
- Taxon
- Sweet PotatoIpomoea batatast0
- Treatment
- AMF inoculatione1
- Interactor
- AMFe0symbiont
- Outcome
- marketable storage rootse1
- Direction
- increasede1
- Value
- 18.32%e1
- Qualifier
- in week 20e1
- Comparator
- without inoculatione2
- Setting
- Teaching and Research Farm of Agricultural Science and Technology Department, Kenyatta Universitye3
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Effects of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Inoculation on Growth and Yield of Two Sweet Potato Varieties”
e0“Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) represent a functionally important component of soil microbial community”
e1“AMF inoculation increased growth and yield of sweet potatoes by vine length 29.74%, Number of branches 22.36%, marketable storage roots 18.32%, and shoot biomass 28.68% in week 20”
e2“AMF inoculum (With and without inoculation)”
e3“was studied during the short rains season of 2017/2018 in the Teaching and Research Farm of Agricultural Science and Technology Department, Kenyatta University”
Claim · model-written summary
AMF inoculation increased shoot biomass by 28.68% in week 20 compared with no inoculation.
- Taxon
- Sweet PotatoIpomoea batatast0
- Treatment
- AMF inoculatione1
- Interactor
- AMFe0symbiont
- Outcome
- shoot biomasse1
- Direction
- increasede1
- Value
- 28.68%e1
- Qualifier
- in week 20e1
- Comparator
- without inoculatione2
- Setting
- Teaching and Research Farm of Agricultural Science and Technology Department, Kenyatta Universitye3
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Effects of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Inoculation on Growth and Yield of Two Sweet Potato Varieties”
e0“Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) represent a functionally important component of soil microbial community”
e1“AMF inoculation increased growth and yield of sweet potatoes by vine length 29.74%, Number of branches 22.36%, marketable storage roots 18.32%, and shoot biomass 28.68% in week 20”
e2“AMF inoculum (With and without inoculation)”
e3“was studied during the short rains season of 2017/2018 in the Teaching and Research Farm of Agricultural Science and Technology Department, Kenyatta University”
Claim · model-written summary
Variety interacting with AMF inoculation enhanced growth and yield parameters.
- Taxon
- Sweet PotatoIpomoea batatast0
- Treatment
- variety interacting with AMF inoculatione4
- Interactor
- AMFe0symbiont
- Outcome
- growth and yield parameterse4
- Direction
- enhancede4
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Effects of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Inoculation on Growth and Yield of Two Sweet Potato Varieties”
e0“Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) represent a functionally important component of soil microbial community”
e4“variety interacting with AMF inoculation enhanced growth and yield parameters”
Claim · model-written summary
No significant difference in growth and yield was found between the two sweet potato varieties.
- Taxon
- Sweet PotatoIpomoea batatast0
- Outcome
- difference between the two varietiese5
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Effects of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Inoculation on Growth and Yield of Two Sweet Potato Varieties”
e5“there was no significant difference between the two varieties”
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