to evaluate the influence of arbuscular mycorrhizal inoculation on growth, yield and minituber production of potato plantlets, a pot experiment was conducted using a factorial based on completely randomized design with four replications. the factors were mycorrizal inoculation (non-inoculated and inoculated with glomus mosseae, glomus etunicatum and mixed of them) and two potato cultivars (agri...

We examined the fitness characters in parasexual recombinants derived from cocultures of two isolates, NAO-02 (race 133.1) and TH77-1 (race 047.0), of the rice blast fungus, Pyricularia oryzae, in liquid yeast extract medium. The cocultured isolates were transferred to oatmeal agar to produce a conidial inoculum. Then, the conidial suspension was sprayed on the japonica rice cultivar Akiyutaka,...

Phosphorus (P) deficiency and low water supply are major environmental constraints for agricultural production in many regions. Compared to cereal crops, the soybean (Glycine max.L.) is more susceptible to phosphorus insufficiency and drought. A soil pot experiment was conducted in the greenhouse to investigate the effects of phosphorus deficiency and pseudomonas florescence and azotobacter chr...

This study was conducted to assess the influence of gibberellic acid (GA3) and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) on flowering quality Zantedeschia albomaculata (Hook.) Baill ‘Albomaculata’ plants. Before planting, rhizomes were soaked in water or an aqueous solution GA3 at a concentration 150 mg dm−3 for 30 min. A mixture AMF applied week after planting. The treatment increased yield infloresc...

Maintaining fruit freshness and quality in extended storage life represents a major obstacle the production industry. One of easiest ways to prolong shelf is by dipping fruits suitable solution. In this research, we assessed effects time sweet orange cultivar with mixture containing 1.15% chitosan (CS) 0.39% polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) on external internal parameters oranges during 12 days at 30 °C...

to investigate effect of calcium and growth medium on lilium (asiatic hybrid lilium bulbs “tresor” cultivar) and nutrients uptake, a factorial experiment based on completely randomized design was conducted by three levels of calcium in nutrient solution (2, 4 and 6 mm*) and five growth media (100% perlite, 70% perlite + 30% cocopeat, 50% perlite + 50% cocopeat, 30% perlite + 70% cocopeat, 100% ...

Almost all of the more than 200 species of fungus-growing ants (Formicidae: Attini) cultivate litter-decomposing fungi in the family Lepiotaceae (Basidiomycota: Agaricales). The single exception to this rule is a subgroup of ant species within the lower attine genus Apterostigma, which cultivate pterulaceous fungi distantly related to the Lepiotaceae. Comparison of cultivar and ant phylogenies ...