Effect
Increased nutrient availability in soil or substrate
Increased produce quality
Increased phosphorous P use efficiency
AgBio-Endos treated Maize, cv. Viking, grown in a greenhouse with low soil phosphorous concentration in the substrate had on average 29.1 % more mycorrhizal colonization, 40 % more shoot dry weight, 217 % more extractable soil phosphorous and a 1.8 % higher foliar P content compared to the untreated control. All parameters increased in a dose-dependent manner, with the exception for the mycorrhizal colonization which was highest at the middle dose.
Trial details
indoor, greenhouse, silica sand: sandy loam 2:1 substrate in 164 mL plastic container, low soil phosphorous concentration
USA
Crop
Maize, Zea mays L.
Trial application
Method
Granular AMF mixed with soil
Timing
At time of sowing
Rate
3, 15, 30, 60 or 120 g/L
2009
Performance of Mycorrhizal Products Marketed for Woody Landscape Plants
Journal of Environmental Horticulture
27
41-50
Crop group
