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This work was carried out in Experimental Farm of ( PPRI) during the season of 2012 and 2013.The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of the inoculation of spearmint (Mentha viridis) plants with silicate dissolving bacterium (Microbacterium trichotecenolyticum) and or vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (VAM) on the incidence of root rot disease, plant growth and volatile oil percentage. The obtained results are summarized as follows: in all cuts in the two seasons, treatment applied with pathogenic fungus alone all plants died (control) . The inoculation with silicate dissolving bacterium plus mycorrhizal fungi reduced growth of tested fungus and at same time spearmint plants were significantly taller than other treatments in both seasons. The same trend was observed in the branching of spearmint plants except in the second cut of the first season, the differences between treatments were not significant. The combination between silicate dissolving bacterium and mycorrhizal fungi (VAM) significantly increased dry weight/ plant in the second cut at the first season, also the highest volatile oil percentage was achieved with this treatment. In addition GLC analysis revealed that the highest percentage of carvone (the main component of the volatile oil) was produced with that exact treatment.
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10.21608/jalexu.2014.160630
Keywords
biological control, Mentha viridis root rot disease, Fusarium solani, Mycorrhizal fungi, Silicate dissolving bacterium
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Horticulture Research Institute (HRI),Agriculture Research Center (ARC),Giza, Egypt
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Plant Pathology Research Institute (PPRI),Agriculture Research Center (ARC), Giza, Egypt
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Soil, Water and Environment Research Institute (SWERI),Agriculture Research Center (ARC),Giza, Egypt
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Journal of the Advances in Agricultural Researches
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