Abstract
An indigenous strain of Trichoderma spp. was tested for its ability to promote seed germination and growth of maize and bean seedlings grown in the field at Embu District, Kenya. The trial aws carried out for three seasons with the following treatments; two types of fertilizers, cow manure, and Trichoderma seed coat. Seedlings were counted 14 days after emergence from soil and a sample gently uprooted using a spade. Shoot height, root length, stem and root diameter measurements were taken. Trichoderma inoculation significantly increased rate of maize seed germination but had no effect on emergence of bean seedlings. Maize seeds coated with Trichoderma inoculum and planted on soils without fertilizer addition recorded the highest germination rate of 82.7% followed by seeds coated with the inoculum and planted in soils treated with manure (82.2%). Combination of the inoculum and fertilizer performed better at improving maize seed germination compared with fertilizers applied singly. This was the case for shoot and root growth. Seeds coated with the inoculum and planted in soils ammended with Triple Superphosphate and Calcium Ammonium Nitrate recorded the greatest shoot and root growth in both maize and beans. Increased growth of shoot and root caused by Trichoderma implied that there was beneficial effect of inoculation on plant growth and development since root collar and stem diameters were a measure of survivability of seedlings.
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Claim · model-written summary
Trichoderma inoculation significantly raised maize germination rate.
- Treatment
- Trichoderma inoculatione0
- Interactor
- Trichoderma
Trichodermae0symbiont - Outcome
- rate of maize seed germinatione0
- Direction
- increasede0
Zea maysNot reportedComparator
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e0“Trichoderma inoculation significantly increased rate of maize seed germination”
Claim · model-written summary
Trichoderma had no reported effect on bean seedling emergence.
- Taxon
- beane0
- Treatment
- Trichoderma inoculatione0
- Interactor
- TrichodermaTrichodermae0symbiont
- Outcome
- emergence of bean seedlingse0
- Direction
- no effecte0
Not reportedComparator
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e0“Trichoderma inoculation significantly increased rate of maize seed germination but had no effect on emergence of bean seedlings”
Claim · model-written summary
Trichoderma-coated maize without fertilizer had the highest germination rate, 82.7%.
- Treatment
- coated with Trichoderma inoculum and planted on soils without fertilizer additione0
- Interactor
- TrichodermaTrichodermae0symbiont
- Outcome
- germination ratee0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Value
- 82.7%e0
Not reportedComparator
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e0“Maize seeds coated with Trichoderma inoculum and planted on soils without fertilizer addition recorded the highest germination rate of 82.7%”
Claim · model-written summary
Trichoderma-coated maize with manure had 82.2% germination.
- Treatment
- seeds coated with the inoculum and planted in soils treated with manuree0
- Interactor
- TrichodermaTrichodermae1symbiont
- Outcome
- germinatione1
- Value
- 82.2%e0
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Verbatim
e0“seeds coated with the inoculum and planted in soils treated with manure (82.2%)”
t0“MAIZE”
t1“MAIZE”
e1“Trichoderma inoculation significantly increased rate of maize seed germination”
Claim · model-written summary
Inoculum plus fertilizer improved maize germination more than fertilizer alone.
- Treatment
- Combination of the inoculum and fertilizere0
- Interactor
- TrichodermaTrichodermat1symbiont
- Outcome
- maize seed germinatione0
- Direction
- bettere0
- Comparator
- fertilizers applied singlye0
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Verbatim
e0“Combination of the inoculum and fertilizer performed better at improving maize seed germination compared with fertilizers applied singly”
t0“Trichoderma harziunum”
t1“Trichoderma harziunum”
Claim · model-written summary
Inoculum plus fertilizer improved shoot and root growth more than fertilizer alone.
- Taxon
- maize and beanst0
- Treatment
- Trichoderma inoculatione1
- Interactor
- TrichodermaTrichodermae1symbiont
- Outcome
- shoot and root growthe0
Not reportedComparatorDirection
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Verbatim
e0“This was the case for shoot and root growth”
t0“MAIZE AND BEANS”
t1“MAIZE AND BEANS”
e1“Trichoderma inoculation significantly increased rate of maize seed germination”
Claim · model-written summary
Inoculum plus superphosphate and ammonium nitrate gave greatest shoot and root growth in maize and beans.
- Taxon
- maize and beanse0
- Treatment
- coated with the inoculum and planted in soils ammended with Triple Superphosphate and Calcium Ammonium Nitratee0
- Interactor
- TrichodermaTrichodermat1symbiont
- Outcome
- shoot and root growthe0
- Direction
- greateste0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Seeds coated with the inoculum and planted in soils ammended with Triple Superphosphate and Calcium Ammonium Nitrate recorded the greatest shoot and root growth in both maize and beans”
t0“Trichoderma harziunum”
t1“Trichoderma harziunum”
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