Early Growth Performance of In Vitro Raised Melia volkensii Gurke Plantlets in Response to Beneficial Microorganisms under Semi-Arid Conditions.

ABSTRACT: Before in vitro propagated Melia volkensii plants can be used for mass planting, the transition phase to in vivo conditions needs to be better controlled because too many plants are lost during acclimatization and in the field. Two experiments were set up to evaluate the effects of biological agents on the establishment of M. volkensii in vitro plantlets. The biological agents consisted of Trichotech^®, Bio-cure B^®, Rhizatech^®, Bacillus subtilis, a Trichoderma isolate and self-isolated native arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF). Regarding the latter, in soil from the nursery, the number of AMF spores increased from six spores to 400 per 100 g of soil using a trap culture, in which thirteen AMF morphotypes were identified and root c

SUBMITTER: Dushimimana C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9145849 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature