Inoculation of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi can substantially reduce phosphate fertilizer application to Allium fistulosum L. and achieve marketable yield under field condition

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 839-843

  Tawaraya, Keitaro ^a   Hirose, Ryouta ^a   Wagatsuma, Tadao ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhiza; Field; Inoculation; Phosphate; Welsh onion; Yield

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; COLONIZATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CROP YIELD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FIELDWORK; FUNGUS; HARVESTING; INOCULATION; MONOCOTYLEDON; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHOSPHATE; SEEDLING; SHOOT; SOIL NUTRIENT; SUPERPHOSPHATE; TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 84867660160     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-012-0669-2     Document Type: Article

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