Effect
Increased nutrient availability in soil or substrate
Increased produce quality
Increased phosphorous P use efficiency
Mycor Max treated Maize, cv. Viking, grown in a greenhouse with low soil phosphorous concentration in the substrate had 38.2 % less mycorrhizal colonization, 36.6 % more shoot dry weight, 148.9 % more extractable soil phosphorous and a 12.7 % 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 second and fourth 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
1.2, 6, 12, 24 or 48 g/L
2009
Performance of Mycorrhizal Products Marketed for Woody Landscape Plants
Journal of Environmental Horticulture
27
41-50
Crop group