<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>China aster and gaillardia are flowering plants with high economic importance in floriculture. In the present investigation, response of China aster and gaillardia seedlings to inoculation with the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus <italic>Funneliformis mosseae</italic> + the plant growth-promoting rhizobacterium <italic>Bacillus sonorensis</italic> was studied by growing in multipots (pro trays). The germination percentage and plant growth parameters: length of shoots, roots and whole seedlings, stem diameter, biovolume index, plant strength, vigor index, dry weight and nutrient uptake, were analyzed 60 days after sowing. The microbial parameters, mycorrhizal root colonization and spore count, and the population of <italic>B. sonorensis</italic> in the substrate were also determined. The results brought out that growth of inoculated seedlings was significantly improved as compared to uninoculated seedlings. Based on the plant growth and microbial parameters studied, it was concluded that inoculating the substrate in pro trays with the microbial consortium results in producing vigorously growing seedlings.</p></abstract>

China aster and gaillardia are flowering plants with high economic importance in floriculture. In the present investigation, response of China aster and gaillardia seedlings to inoculation with the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Funneliformis mosseae + the plant growth-promoting rhizobacterium Bacillus sonorensis was studied by growing in multipots (pro trays). The germination percentage and plant growth parameters: length of shoots, roots and whole seedlings, stem diameter, biovolume index, plant strength, vigor index, dry weight and nutrient uptake, were analyzed 60 days after sowing. The microbial parameters, mycorrhizal root colonization and spore count, and the population of B. sonorensis in the substrate were also determined. The results brought out that growth of inoculated seedlings was significantly improved as compared to uninoculated seedlings. Based on the plant growth and microbial parameters studied, it was concluded that inoculating the substrate in pro trays with the microbial consortium results in producing vigorously growing seedlings.

Influence of Microbial Consortium in the Production of China Aster and Gaillardia Seedlings

Journal of Horticultural Research

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China aster and gaillardia are flowering plants with high economic importance in floriculture. In the present investigation, response of China aster and...

Influence of Microbial Consortium in the Production of China Aster and Gaillardia Seedlings

Article Category: Short communication

Published Online: Jan 01, 2021

Page range: 21 - 28

Received: Mar 01, 2020

Accepted: Nov 01, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/johr-2020-0026

Keywords
arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria

© 2020 Marysovia Fernandez et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Influence of Microbial Consortium in the Production of China Aster and Gaillardia Seedlings

Article Category: Short communication

Published Online: Jan 01, 2021

Page range: 21 - 28

Received: Mar 01, 2020

Accepted: Nov 01, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/johr-2020-0026

Keywordsarbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria

© 2020 Marysovia Fernandez et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria