ACTA AGRICULTURAE BOREALI-SINICA ›› 2011, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (2): 152-156. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.2011.02.033

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Application of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi on Vegetable Seedlings Culture with Different Substrates

WANG Hong-ju1,2, WANG You-shan2, ZHANG Shu-bin2, ZUO Qiang2, ZHANG Yong-qing1, ZOU Guo-yuan2   

  1. 1. Shanxi Normal University, College of Urban and Environment, Linfen 041004, China;
    2. Institute of PlantNutrition and Resource, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Science, Beijing 100097, China
  • Received:2010-12-01 Published:2011-04-28

Abstract: To investigate the possibility of applying arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on vegetable seedlings culture, experiments were conducted with cucumber and lettuce as test crops to study the influence of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi infection rate and growth.Seeds of cucumber and lettuce were sown in mixed substrate with various proportion of peat by volume(Peat:Perlite:Vermiculite=6:3:1;Peat:Vermiculite=1:4;Peat:Perlite=1:4;Peat:Polyfoam=I:4;Peat:Ceramsite=1:4)inoculated with AM fungi.AM fungi Glomus intraradics,Glomu mosseae,Glomus aggregeturn,Glomus etunicatum were used.The results showed the infection rate of AMF were above 24.17%in mixture of Peat+Ceramsite,while in Peat+Perlite+Vermiculite inoculated with Glomus intraradics was 34.05%,41.09%respectively,the others was below 20%.The seedling vigorous index are relatively high in media Peat+Ceramsite and Peat+Vermiculite,while in Peat+Perlite and Peat+Polyfoam both mycorrhizal and non-mycorrhizal treatment are low.It is thus clear that PeaCeramsite(1:4)treatments resulted in the most beneficial effects on seedling vigorous index and infection rate of crop roots,therefore Peat+Ceramsite was an ideal substrate for mycorrhizal seedling of vegetables.

Key words: Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, Infection rate, Grow seedlings, Substrates

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WANG Hong-ju, WANG You-shan, ZHANG Shu-bin, ZUO Qiang, ZHANG Yong-qing, ZOU Guo-yuan. Application of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi on Vegetable Seedlings Culture with Different Substrates[J]. ACTA AGRICULTURAE BOREALI-SINICA, 2011, 26(2): 152-156. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.2011.02.033.

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