Mycorrhizal inoculation significantly enhanced root and shoot growth under compaction.

inoculation · growth · Zea mays (maize)Positive and negative results

634 papers in the same direction as this claim · 61 in the opposite direction · 3 reporting no difference from an alternative

1. negative
   Half NP plus biofertilizers and compost produced less maize fodder growth than full NPK.

   Enhancing crop growth, nutrients availability, economics and beneficial rhizosphere microflora through organic and biofertilizers · 2007 · compared with full dose of NPK fertilizers

   Opposite direction

2. no effect
   Inoculated and control roots had similar fresh weight.

   AM fungi might affect the root morphology of maize by increasing indole‐3‐butyric acid biosynthesis · 2000 · compared with control roots

   Opposite direction

3. no effect
   Seed inoculation did not significantly affect maize growth or P content at three weeks.

   Stimulation de la croissance du maïs et de la laitue romaine par des microorganismes dissolvant le phosphore inorganique · 1993

   Opposite direction

4. no effect
   Fusarium moniliforme did not alter the rate or percentage of corn kernel germination.

   Effects of Endophytic Infection by Fusarium moniliforme on Corn Growth and Cellular Morphology · 1997

   Opposite direction

5. no effect
   All doses of L. buchneri and both homofermentative LAB did not affect in situ rumen degradability of maize silage relative to silages with no additives.

   The effect of Lactobacillus buchneri on the fermentation, aerobic stability and ruminal degradability of maize silage · 2006 · compared with Silages with no additives

   Opposite direction

6. no effect
   Rhizobacteria did not affect shoot biomass or phosphorus content.

   Phosphorus bioavailability of sewage sludge‐based recycled fertilizers · 2017

   Opposite direction

7. negative
   Inoculated A. brasilense from wheat roots failed to establish in maize even when resistant strains were used.

   Selective infection of maize roots by streptomycin-resistant Azospirillum lipoferum and other bacteria · 1979

   Opposite direction

8. no effect
   PGPR did not stimulate above-ground corn biomass.

   Effect of specific plant‐growth‐promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) on growth and uptake of neonicotinoid insecticide thiamethoxam in corn (Zea mays L.) seedlings · 2014

   Opposite direction

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