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Vesicular-Arbuscular Mycorrhiza and Phosphorus Uptake of Chickpea Grown in Northern Syria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

Edwin Weber ,
Eckhard George ,
Douglas P. Beck ,
Mohan C. Saxena  and
Horst Marschner
Edwin Weber
Affiliation:
Institute of Plant Nutrition, Hohenheim University, Box 70 05 62, D-7000 Stuttgart 70, Germany and Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), PO Box 5466, Aleppo, Syria
Eckhard George
Affiliation:
Institute of Plant Nutrition, Hohenheim University, Box 70 05 62, D-7000 Stuttgart 70, Germany and Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), PO Box 5466, Aleppo, Syria
Douglas P. Beck
Affiliation:
Legumes Program, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), PO Box 5466, Aleppo, Syria
Mohan C. Saxena
Affiliation:
Legumes Program, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), PO Box 5466, Aleppo, Syria
Horst Marschner
Affiliation:
Institute of Plant Nutrition, Hohenheim University, Box 70 05 62, D-7000 Stuttgart 70, Germany and Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), PO Box 5466, Aleppo, Syria
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Summary

Inoculation with vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (VAMF) improved growth of chick-pea (Cicer arielinum L.) and doubled phosphorus (P) uptake at low and intermediate levels of P fertilization in a pot experiment on sterilized low-P calcareous soil. In field experiments at Tel Hadya, northern Syria, growth, shoot P concentration and seed yield of spring-sown chickpea remained unaffected by inoculation with VAMF or by P fertilization. The mycorrhizal infection of chickpea was high (approximately 75% of root length mycorrhizal at the flowering stage) irrespective of inoculation with VAMF or P fertilization and may ensure efficient P uptake under field conditions.

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 28 , Issue 4 , October 1992 , pp. 433 - 442
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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