Claim · model-written summary
The authors suggest AMF, rhizobia, and M. anisopliae as economical and safe bio-inoculants for cowpea production in Cameroon.
- Taxon
- cowpea
Vigna unguiculatae0 - Outcome
- improve cowpea productione0
- Setting
- Cameroonian soilse0
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Verbatim
e0“AMF, rhizobia and M. anisopliae are variously efficient microsyrnbionts and mycopesticides in different Cameroonian soils and may be used as economical and safe bio-inoculants to improve cowpea production in the country.”
Title
A. Ngakou; D. Nwaga; N.N. Ntonifor; et al. International Journal of Agricultural Research 2007. doi:10.3923/ijar.2007.754.764
Other claims from this paper (14)
- Intervention effect Inoculation increased cowpea biomass by 38% in zone-I in the first cropping year.
- Intervention effect Inoculation increased cowpea biomass by 40% in zone-I in the second cropping year.
- Intervention effect Inoculation increased cowpea biomass by 54% in zone-II in the first cropping year.
- Intervention effect Inoculation increased cowpea biomass by 43% in zone-II in the second cropping year.
- Intervention effect Inoculation increased cowpea biomass by 55% in zone-IV in the first cropping year.
- Intervention effect Inoculation increased cowpea biomass by 46% in zone-IV in the second cropping year.
- Intervention effect Inoculation increased cowpea biomass by 41% in zone-V in the first cropping year.
- Intervention effect Inoculation increased cowpea biomass by 51% in zone-V in the second cropping year.
- Intervention effect Inoculated cowpea showed a low but significant AMF colonization response versus uninoculated plants.
- Observation Native and introduced rhizobia formed cowpea nodules.
- Intervention effect Inoculated cowpea roots had significantly more nodules than uninoculated roots.
- Intervention effect Inoculated cowpea roots had significantly higher nodule dry weight than uninoculated roots.
- Intervention effect Inoculated and sprayed cowpea produced significantly more pods per plant than controls.
- Intervention effect Inoculated and sprayed cowpea had significantly enhanced pod dry weight at harvest versus controls.