Preinoculation with VA mycorrhiza improves growth and yield of chilli transplanted in the field and saves phosphatic fertilizer |
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| Authors: | D J Bagyaraj K R Sreeramulu |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Agricultural Microbiology, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK Campus, 560005 Bangalore, India;(2) Present address: Ruakura Soil and Plant Research Station, Private Bag, Hamilton, New Zealand |
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| Abstract: | Summary Nursery beds were inoculated with four different VA mycorrhizal fungi,Glomus fasciculatus and three local isolates I4, I6 and I14, and mycorrhizal seedlings were transplanted to field plots with two levels of phosphatic fertilizer. Of the fungi studied,
isolate I4 increased significantly growth, P and Zn nutrition, flowering, yield of chilli plants and also the ascorbic acid content
of green chillies. Yield of I4 inoculated plants given half the recommended level of P was slightly more than the uninoculated plants given the full level
of phosphatic fertilizer. This suggests the possibility of extending the simple technology of inoculating nursery beds with
mycorrhiza to farmers in order to improve plant growth and save phosphatic fertilizer. |
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| Keywords: | Chilli Capsicum annuum Mycorrhizal inoculation P fertilizer |
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