title: Differential growth response of various crop species to arbuscular mycorrhizal inoculation.
abstract: To investigate the growth response of various crop species to mycorrhizal inoculation, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi were applied to Glycine max, Vigna angularis, Senna tora, Hordeum vulgare var. hexastichon. Zea mays, Sorghum bicolor, Allium tuberosum, Solanum melongena, and Capsicum annuum. The biomass of the inoculated crops was measured every two weeks for the 12-week growth period. By measuring biomass, we calculated the mycorrhizal responsiveness of the nine crop species. Among the nine crop species, four species showed a significant response to mycorrhizal inoculation. The shoot biomasses of V. angularis, C. annuum, A. tuberosum, and S. tora significantly increased with mycorrhizal inoculation.
authors: Department of Forest Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-921, Korea.
authors: Ju-Kyeong
authors: JK
authors: Eo
authors: Ahn-Heum
authors: AH
authors: Eom
keywords: AM fungi; Mycorrhizal dependency; Relative growth rate
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