Effect
Increased nutrient availability in soil or substrate
Increased produce quality
Increased phosphorous P use efficiency
BEI treated Maize, cv. Viking, grown in a greenhouse with low soil phosphorous concentration in the substrate had on average 23.7 % less mycorrhizal colonization, 35.8 % more shoot dry weight, 260.6 % more extractable soil phosphorous and a 7.3 % higher foliar P conent 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 second dose.
Trial details
indoor, greenhouse, silica sand: sandy loam 2:1 substrate, low soil phosphorous concentration
USA
Crop
Maize, Zea mays L.
Trial application
Method
Granular AMF mixed with soil
Timing
At time of sowing
Rate
1.8, 9, 18, 36 or 72 g/L
2009
Performance of Mycorrhizal Products Marketed for Woody Landscape Plants
Journal of Environmental Horticulture
27
41-50
Crop group
