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Mycorrhizae Can Support Squash Plant Growth in Phosphorus Deficient Calcareous Soil

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Soil fertility and plant nutrition

Abstract

This work was aimed to select the proper Arbuscular Mycorrhizal (AM) inocula strain to enhance the growth of squash plants in calcareous P-deficient soil. Three treatments of phosphorus fertilizer of calcium triple phosphate, 15.5% P2O5 were tested at different rates. In parallel, pots were inoculated with 4 AM strains (Rhizoglomus irregulare) namely M49; M139; M301 and M 510. Treatments were repeated 5 times and arranged in the greenhouse in a randomized completely block design (RCBD) and plants were harvested after 57 days. In conclusion, from the results and under the same conditions of this experiment, we recommended that all mycorrhizal strains were effective in improving plant growth. The strain M301 enhanced squash plants growth and P uptake. Also, inoculation with this strain could improve P availability in soil. The two mycorrhizal strains (M49 and M139) can be used for improving the growth of squash plants under low P level and in calcareous soil conditions. This study is one of the few studies that indicate the specialization of mycorrhizal fungi strains on the host plant and this study must be followed by many other studies in different climatic conditions, different soil properties and on different genus and strains of AM fungi on different plants family to confirm or deny this hypothesis.

DOI

10.21608/ejss.2020.30086.1357

Keywords

squash plants, mycorrhizal strains, P, fertilizer, Calcareous soil

Authors

First Name

Islam

Last Name

Abou El Seoud

MiddleName

Ibrahim

Affiliation

Department of Soil and Agricultural Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Saba Basha, Alexandria University, Egypt.

Email

drislamabouelseoud1971@yahoo.com

City

Alexandria

Orcid

0000-0001-7825-9790

First Name

Nagla

Last Name

Abd El Hamid

MiddleName

M

Affiliation

Department of Soil Science, Alex University, Egypt

Email

naglaah@gmail.com

City

Alexandria

Orcid

-

First Name

mahmoud

Last Name

Sadik

MiddleName

Wafik

Affiliation

Department of microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University

Email

mahmoudsadik63@gmail.com

City

Giza

Orcid

0000-0001-7825-9790

Volume

60

Article Issue

4

Related Issue

17196

Issue Date

2020-12-01

Receive Date

2020-05-12

Publish Date

2020-12-01

Page Start

425

Page End

435

Print ISSN

0302-6701

Online ISSN

2357-0369

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https://ejss.journals.ekb.eg/article_117627.html

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Original Article

Type Code

19

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Soil Science

Publication Link

https://ejss.journals.ekb.eg/

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Mycorrhizae Can Support Squash Plant Growth in Phosphorus Deficient Calcareous Soil

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Created At

22 Jan 2023