ISSN 2736-1624
Frontiers of Agriculture and Food Technology ISSN 7295-2849 Vol. 10 (3), pp. 001-005, March, 2020. © International Scholars Journals
Full Length Research Paper
Solanum cultivar responses to arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: growth and mineral status
Tahir Abdoulaye Diop1,2*, Tatiana Krasova-Wade1,2, Alioune Diallo1,2, Meïssa Diouf3, Mamadou Gueye2
1Département de Biologie Végétale, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, BP 5005, Sénégal.
2Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Sols, Centre de Recherches ISRA/IRD, BP 1386, Dakar Sénégal.
3Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles/CDH, BP 3120 – Dakar, Sénégal.
Accepted 17 October, 2019
Abstract
A greenhouse experiment was carried out in a sandy soil with a low available phosphorus to evaluate responsiveness of four Solanum aethiopicum cultivars to indigenous arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Results showed clear interaction between genetic variability of cultivars and fungal isolates on shoot biomass and on mineral status. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi can be ranked as Glomus aggregatum > Glomus mosseae > Glomus versiforme for improving yield as well as nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium acquisition of Solanum cultivars.
Key words: Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, Solanum aethiopicum, sterile soil, relative mycorrhizal dependency.