ACTA AGRICULTURAE BOREALI-SINICA ›› 1993, Vol. 8 ›› Issue (2): 78-82. doi: 10.3321/j.issn:1000-7091.1993.02.016

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Growth Responses of Cotton, Corn etc. to the Inoculation of VAM Fungi

Pan Xinglai1, Sherwin Lopez2, Dacid C.Coleman2   

  1. 1. Cotton Research Institute, Shanxi Academy of AgriculturalSciences, Yuncheng 044000;
    2. Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens GA 30602
  • Received:1991-12-08 Published:1993-06-28

Abstract: In 1989, 7 crops in 328 steriled pots with sandy soil (P deficient) were inocu ared with the mixture of 5 species of VAM fungi (3 spores per cm3 of soil)and grown in the gree house for about 70 days.The results showed that, with the VAM inoculation, much, greater growth was obtained in cotton (947%), corn (74, 2%), soybean (272.8%), tomato (124.9%), and hot pepper (552%), but no significant growth enhancement in watermelon and rape was found.Probably the G.macrocarpum species is capable of reproducing more spores.

Key words: VAM, Crops, Growth response

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Pan Xinglai, Sherwin Lopez, Dacid C.Coleman. Growth Responses of Cotton, Corn etc. to the Inoculation of VAM Fungi[J]. ACTA AGRICULTURAE BOREALI-SINICA, 1993, 8(2): 78-82. doi: 10.3321/j.issn:1000-7091.1993.02.016.

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