Abstract
Abstract In this study, we determined whether inoculating sorghum (Sorghum bicolor(L.) Moench cv NK‐367) seedlings with a vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizal (VAM) fungus (Glomus intraradices Schenck and Smith) would enhance plant yield under drought conditions. Seven‐day‐old seedlings were inoculated with the fungus and irrigated to field capacity for an additional 7 days. Daily irrigation treatments of I1 (dry, ‐0.56 to ‐1.4 MPa), I2 (moderately dry, ‐0.15 to ‐0.48 MPa), and I3 (wet, ‐0.03 to ‐0.06 MPa) were then imposed with a line‐source sprinkler. Under moderately dry soil conditions, growth, photosynthetic rate, and stomatal conductance of G. intraradices‐colonized sorghum plants were significantly greater than in uncolonized plants. Results indicate that the VAM fungus enhanced yield of sorghum plants under drought conditions.
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Claim · model-written summary
Under moderately dry soil, colonized sorghum had significantly greater growth than uncolonized plants.
- Treatment
- G. intraradices‐colonizede0
- Interactor
- G. intraradicesRhizophagus intraradicese0symbiont
- Outcome
- growthe0
- Direction
- greatere0
- Qualifier
- moderately dry soil conditionse0
- Comparator
- uncolonized plantse0
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Verbatim
e0“Under moderately dry soil conditions, growth, photosynthetic rate, and stomatal conductance of G. intraradices‐colonized sorghum plants were significantly greater than in uncolonized plants.”
Claim · model-written summary
Under moderately dry soil, colonized sorghum had a significantly greater photosynthetic rate than uncolonized plants.
- Treatment
- G. intraradices‐colonizede0
- Interactor
- G. intraradicesRhizophagus intraradicese0symbiont
- Outcome
- photosynthetic ratee0
- Direction
- greatere0
- Qualifier
- moderately dry soil conditionse0
- Comparator
- uncolonized plantse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Under moderately dry soil conditions, growth, photosynthetic rate, and stomatal conductance of G. intraradices‐colonized sorghum plants were significantly greater than in uncolonized plants.”
Claim · model-written summary
Under moderately dry soil, colonized sorghum had significantly greater stomatal conductance than uncolonized plants.
- Treatment
- G. intraradices‐colonizede0
- Interactor
- G. intraradicesRhizophagus intraradicese0symbiont
- Outcome
- stomatal conductancee0
- Direction
- greatere0
- Qualifier
- moderately dry soil conditionse0
- Comparator
- uncolonized plantse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Under moderately dry soil conditions, growth, photosynthetic rate, and stomatal conductance of G. intraradices‐colonized sorghum plants were significantly greater than in uncolonized plants.”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors conclude that VAM fungus enhanced sorghum yield under drought.
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e0“Results indicate that the VAM fungus enhanced yield of sorghum plants under drought conditions.”
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