Author/Editor		Regvar, Marjana; Vogel-Mikuš, Katarina; Ševerkar, Tanja
Title		Effect of AMF inoculum from field isolates on the yield of green pepper, parsley, carrot, and tomato
Type		članek
Source		Folia Geobotanica
Vol. and No.		Letnik 38
Publication year		2003
Volume		str. 223-34
Language		eng
Abstract		lnoculum of an indigenous mixture of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) containing Glomus mosseae, Glomus fasciculatum, Glomus etunicatum, Glomus intraradices and Scutellospora sp. was applied to four of the most frequently used crop species in Slovenia: green pepper (Capsicum anntrum), parsley (Petroselinum crispum), carrot (Daucus carrota) and tomato (Lycopersicon esculenW m). A simple, feasible, and effective protocol for application of AMF biotechnology in horticulture was adopted. Mycorrhizal inoculation significantly increased the plant biomass parameters of pepper, and parsley and the root biomass of carrots. Statistically significant correlations between biomass parameters of pepper, parsley, and the root biomass of carrots with mycorshizal colonization parameters (mycorrhiza( frequency (F%), global mycorrhizal intensity (M%) and arbuscular richness (A%) were calculated. A significant increase in chlorophyll content was observed in mycorrhizal parsley and a significant increase in carotenoids was observed in mycorshizal parsley, carrots, and tomato fruits. A significant increase in titratable acidity of fruits from inoculated tomato plants indicates prolonged fruiting period of mycorrhizal tomatoes. In addition, inoculation witli an indigenous AMF mixture significantly increased the mycorrhizal potential of soil and thus the growth of non-inoculated plants in the second season. Thus, the results confirmed the potential of applying mycorzhizal bioteclmology in sustainable horticulture.
Descriptors		CROPS, AGRICULTURAL SYMBIOSIS FUNGI CHLOROPHYLL BIOMASS CAROTENOIDS CAPSICUM TOMATOES