Mycorrhizal inoculation enhanced tillering in field grown wheat, nutritional enrichment and soil properties.

ABSTRACT: To meet food security, commercial fertilizers are available to boost wheat yield, but there are serious ill effects associated with these fertilizers. Amongst various organic alternatives, inoculating crop fields with mycorrhizal species is the most promising option. Although, mycorrhizae are known to enhance wheat yield, but how the mycorrhizae influence different yield and quality parameters of wheat, is not clear. Therefore, this study was undertaken to investigate the influence of indigenous mycorrhizal species on the growth of wheat, its nutritional status and soil properties, in repeated set of field experiments. In total 11 species of mycorrhizae were isolated from the experimental sites with Claroideoglomus, being the most dominant one. Five different treatments were employe

SUBMITTER: Akbar M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10504892 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature