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Biological control of Fusarium wilt of tomato by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi with intercropping

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: A pot experiment was carried to study the impact of the intercropping system i.e. tomato/tomato, tomato/maize, tomato/chilli and tomato/eggplant on interaction with Fusarium oxysporum f. sp.lycopersici (Fol) and arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi.AM fungi root colonization of tomato was significantly affected by the intercropping system.AM fungi inoculated plants expressed increase biomass (26.72 g shoot fresh weight & 12.53 root fresh weight) of tomato compared to the untreated control (9.92 g root fresh weight & 3.64 g root fresh weight) treatment.The intercropping crops maize, chilli, eggplant, and tomato had no effect on disease incidence or disease severity; however, tomato significantly showed a negative effect on one plant/pot with regard to biomass and disease severity of Fol co-cultivated with tomato.The results of the bioprotection effects of AM fungi observed in the decrease of disease severity and/or damage of plant biomass does not depend on the AM fungi colonization but more on the intercropping crops.

Source: Plant Pathology & Quarantine

DOI: 10.5943/ppq/10/1/1

Author: M Singh

Institutions: International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Panjab University

Language: English

Topic: Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions

Subfield: Plant Science

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Zero hunger

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Science and Engineering Research Board