ACTA AGRICULTURAE BOREALI-SINICA ›› 2008, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (6): 135-138. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.2008.06.031

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Effects of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi on Growth,Yield and Quality of Cucumber in Organic Culture

REN Zhi-yu1, HE Chao-xing2, LI Shu-he1, ZHANG Zhi-bin2   

  1. 1. Department of Horticulture, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin 300384, China;
    2. Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agriculture Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
  • Received:2008-01-15 Published:2008-12-28

Abstract: Using cucumber cultivar Jinyou No.2 as the experimental material,effects of inoculating arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi(AMF),Glomus mosseaeNicolson & Gerdemann on growth,yield and quality of cucumber in organic culture were studied.The results indicated that growth vigor of cucumber markedly increased by inoculating AMF treatment.Compared with control plant height,stemthickness,Leaf number andLeaf area increased by 19.1%,24.6%,10.8% and 26.7%,respect ively.Photosynthesis of cucumberLeaf markedly improved by inoculating AMF treatment.Compared with control chlorophyll content,photosynthetic rate and respiration rate increased by 14.4%,13.7% and 12.3%,respectively.Compared with control yield,soluble solids content and vitamin C content of cucumber respectively increased by 26.9%,16.0% and 2.7% by inoculat ing AMF treatment,while nitrate content decreased by 31.3%.The differences of cucumber plant height,stem thickness,Leaf area,yield and fruit nitrate content between inoculating AMF treatment and control arrived markedly significant levels.

Key words: Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, Cucumber, Growth, Yield, Quality

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REN Zhi-yu, HE Chao-xing, LI Shu-he, ZHANG Zhi-bin. Effects of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi on Growth,Yield and Quality of Cucumber in Organic Culture[J]. ACTA AGRICULTURAE BOREALI-SINICA, 2008, 23(6): 135-138. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.2008.06.031.

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