Effect
Increased nutrient availability in soil or substrate
Increased produce quality
Increased phosphorous P use efficiency
BioGrown Endo treated Sorghum grown in a greenhouse had 4 weeks after planting + 90 % (lowest dose) more mycorrhizal colonization and 75 % significant (lowest dose) more shoot dry weight compared to the untreated control. The plants treated with the highest dose of 30 g/L died.
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
3.0 or 30.0 g/L
2009
Performance of Mycorrhizal Products Marketed for Woody Landscape Plants
Journal of Environmental Horticulture
27
41-50
Crop group
