Abstract
Screen house experiments were conducted at the Institute of Agricultural Research and Training, Ibadan, on a sandy loam soil in two years, to assess the effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus (Glomus clarum) and compost (sunflower) on the growth and yield of tomato plants. The experimental design was laid out in a Complete Randomized Design (CRD) with nine treatments replicated three times. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and Compost (CMP) were applied into 8 kg soil each at the levels of 2.5, 5.0, 7.5 and 10 tonnes/ha each (2.5 g, 5.0 g, 7.5 g and 10 g respectively), while the control had 0 tonnes /ha (0 g). Results showed that plants treated with 5.0 tonnes/ha AMF produced highest cumulative weight of harvested fruits per plant and number of fruits per plant which were significantly higher (P<0.05) than other treatments. Application of 2.5 tonnes/ha CMP significantly (P<0.05) produced the highest number of tomato leaves per plant, while the highest number of flowers per plant was significantly higher for 7.5 tonnes/ha CMP. The tallest plants and plants with highest number of branches were also recorded for 5.0 tonnes/ha AMF. This study showed that 5.0 tonnes/ha is the optimum level of AMF required for the cultivation of tomato plant which could have arisen from optimum uptake of phosphorus in the soil.Keywords: Compost, Glomus clarum, fertility, tomato, yield
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Claims 8
Claim · model-written summary
The 5.0 tonnes/ha AMF treatment gave the highest cumulative harvested fruit weight per tomato plant.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicume1 - Treatment
- 5.0 tonnes/ha AMFe0
- Interactor
- Glomus clarumRhizophagus claruse2symbiont
- Outcome
- cumulative weight of harvested fruits per plante0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Comparator
- other treatmentse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“plants treated with 5.0 tonnes/ha AMF produced highest cumulative weight of harvested fruits per plant and number of fruits per plant which were significantly higher (P<0.05) than other treatments.”
e1“growth and yield of tomato plants”
e2“arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus (Glomus clarum)”
Claim · model-written summary
The 5.0 tonnes/ha AMF treatment gave the highest fruit number per tomato plant.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- 5.0 tonnes/ha AMFe0
- Interactor
- Glomus clarumRhizophagus claruse2symbiont
- Outcome
- number of fruits per plante0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Comparator
- other treatmentse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“plants treated with 5.0 tonnes/ha AMF produced highest cumulative weight of harvested fruits per plant and number of fruits per plant which were significantly higher (P<0.05) than other treatments.”
e1“growth and yield of tomato plants”
e2“arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus (Glomus clarum)”
Claim · model-written summary
The 2.5 tonnes/ha compost treatment gave the highest tomato leaf number.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- 2.5 tonnes/ha CMPe0
- Outcome
- number of tomato leaves per plante0
- Direction
- higheste0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Application of 2.5 tonnes/ha CMP significantly (P<0.05) produced the highest number of tomato leaves per plant”
e1“compost (sunflower)”
Claim · model-written summary
The 7.5 tonnes/ha compost treatment gave the highest tomato flower number.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- 7.5 tonnes/ha CMPe0
- Outcome
- number of flowers per plante0
- Direction
- higheste0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the highest number of flowers per plant was significantly higher for 7.5 tonnes/ha CMP.”
e1“number of tomato leaves per plant”
Claim · model-written summary
The tallest tomato plants occurred with 5.0 tonnes/ha AMF.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- 5.0 tonnes/ha AMFe0
- Interactor
- Glomus clarumRhizophagus claruse2symbiont
- Outcome
- tallest plantse0
- Direction
- talleste0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The tallest plants and plants with highest number of branches were also recorded for 5.0 tonnes/ha AMF.”
e1“growth and yield of tomato plants”
e2“arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus (Glomus clarum)”
Claim · model-written summary
The highest tomato branch number occurred with 5.0 tonnes/ha AMF.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- 5.0 tonnes/ha AMFe0
- Interactor
- Glomus clarumRhizophagus claruse2symbiont
- Outcome
- number of branchese0
- Direction
- higheste0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The tallest plants and plants with highest number of branches were also recorded for 5.0 tonnes/ha AMF.”
e1“growth and yield of tomato plants”
e2“arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus (Glomus clarum)”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors identified 5.0 tonnes/ha AMF as the optimum rate for cultivating tomato.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Outcome
- 5.0 tonnes/ha is the optimum level of AMFe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“5.0 tonnes/ha is the optimum level of AMF required for the cultivation of tomato plant”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors proposed optimum phosphorus uptake as a possible explanation for the optimum AMF rate.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume1
- Outcome
- optimum uptake of phosphoruse0
- Qualifier
- could have arisene0
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“which could have arisen from optimum uptake of phosphorus in the soil.”
e1“cultivation of tomato plant”
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