Effect
No effect on nutrient availability in soil or substrate
No effect on produce quality
No effect on phosphorous P use efficiency
BEI treated Sorghum grown in a greenhouse had 4 weeks after planting on average 22.5 % more mycorrhizal colonization and 37.5 % more shoot dry weight compared to the untreated (negative) control. There were no significant differences.
Trial details
indoor, greenhouse, silica sand: sandy loam 2:1 substrate, low soil phosphorous concentration
USA
Crop
Sorghum, Sorghum bicolor L. Moench
Trial application
Method
Mixed with soil
Timing
At time of sowing
Rate
1.8 or 18.0 g/L
2009
Performance of Mycorrhizal Products Marketed for Woody Landscape Plants
Journal of Environmental Horticultureal of Environmental Horticulturealisten
27
41-50
Crop group
