Evaluating the growth parameters of soybean in response to plant growth promoting fungi under Mazandaran climate conditions

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Article 6, Volume 7, Issue 1 - Serial Number 23, March 2015, Pages 74-83   

Document Type: Scientific - Research

DOI: 10.22067/jag.v7i1.29858

Authors

mohammad yazdani^* ; Mehrdad Yarnia; Hemmatollah Pirdashti¹; Varahram Rashidi; Mohammad ali Bahmanyar²

¹Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Genetic and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute of Tabarestan, Sari Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University, Sari

²Department of Soil Sciences, Sari University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources.Sari, Iran.

Abstract

Abstract
In low-input cropping systems, the natural roles of microorganisms in maintaining soil fertility may be more important than conventional system. In order to investigate the effects of plant growth promoting fungi on improvement of growth and development in soybean (cv: JK) an experiment was conducted at the research farm of Sari Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University during the 2011-2012 growing seasons. Treatments were arranged in a factorial experiment based a completely randomized block design with three replications. The first factor was six levels of fungi: inoculation T. harzianum and AMF genus Glumus: G. mosseae, G. intraradices, and co-inoculation of T. harzianum + G. mosseae, T. harzianum + G. intraradices and non-inoculation (control). The second factor was three levels of phosphorus (0, 70 and 140 kg.ha-1) from superphosphate trip. Results showed that inoculation of T. harzianum and G. mosseae significantly had maximum chlorophyll content up to 17% and 16% at reduced phosphorus dosage (70 kg.ha-1) and conventional phosphorus dosage as compared to the control respectively. The greatest effect was recorded at reduced phosphorus dosage (70 kg.ha-1) and conventional phosphorus dosage significant increase in terms of chlorophyll content. In addition, the dry weights and chlorophyll content of soybean plants in reduced phosphorous dosage (70 kg.ha-1) and co-inoculated with T. harzianum + G. mosseae as well as conventional phosphorous dosage were significantly higher than the non-inoculated plants. In this experiment, at reduce phosphate fertilizer (P0%: 0) treatment, not affected of plant growth promoting fungi compared to control. But, reduced phosphorous dosage (70 kg.ha-1) was more affected.

Keywords

plant growth-promoting fungi; Trichoderma; Mycorrhiza; Soybean; Phosphorus