Abstract
The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), Acaulospora morrowiae, Rhizophagus clarus and Scutellospora calospora on the growth and essential oil production of Mentha piperita L. var. citrata plants. The experiment was conducted in a greenhouse with a 5 2 factorial design with five mycorrhizal treatments (uninoculated control, Acaulospora morrowiae, Rhizophagus clarus and Scutellospora calospora, and mixture of inocula) and two P levels (60 and 120 mg P dm -3 soil) with six replicates. Plants were harvested after 75 days of growth for evaluation of dry biomass, mycorrhizal colonization of roots, number of spores in soil, nutrient content of leaves, and composition, content and yield of essential oil. The mycorrhizal treatments influenced all the characteristics evaluated, except the number of spores in soil. AMF colonization was most evident at the lowest dose of phosphate fertilizer applied, except for R. clarus, and in all treatments mycorrhizal colonization was above 45%. Colonization also influenced the nutrient content of the leaves of M. piperita var citrata and increased leaf dry biomass. The content and yield of essential oils were higher in plants colonized by AMF fungi with the 60 mg P fertilization dose, except those colonized by R. clarus which had higher essential oil production only with the 120 mg dm -3 P treatment. The two major components in the essential oils for the plants in all the treatments were linalool and linalyl acetate.
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Claims 8
Claim · model-written summary
Arbuscular mycorrhizal inoculation treatments influenced all characteristics evaluated in Mentha piperita var. citrata, except the number of spores in soil.
- Taxon
- Mentha × piperita L. var. citrata
Mentha aquatica var. citratat0 - Treatment
- mycorrhizal treatmentse1
- Outcome
- all the characteristics evaluatede1
- Qualifier
- except the number of spores in soile1
Not reportedComparatorDirection
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Verbatim
e1“The mycorrhizal treatments influenced all the characteristics evaluated, except the number of spores in soil”
t0“Mentha × piperita L. var. citrata”
Claim · model-written summary
AMF root colonization of Mentha piperita var. citrata was most evident at the lowest phosphate fertilizer dose applied, except for plants with R. clarus.
- Taxon
- Mentha × piperita L. var. citrataMentha aquatica var. citratat0
- Treatment
- lowest dose of phosphate fertilizer appliede1
- Interactor
- AMFe1symbiont
- Outcome
- AMF colonizatione1
- Direction
- most evidente1
- Qualifier
- except for R. claruse1
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Verbatim
e1“AMF colonization was most evident at the lowest dose of phosphate fertilizer applied, except for R. clarus”
t0“Mentha × piperita L. var. citrata”
Claim · model-written summary
Mycorrhizal colonization of roots was above 45% in all treatments.
- Taxon
- Mentha × piperita L. var. citrataMentha aquatica var. citratat0
- Outcome
- mycorrhizal colonizatione1
- Value
- above 45%e1
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Verbatim
e1“in all treatments mycorrhizal colonization was above 45%”
t0“Mentha × piperita L. var. citrata”
Claim · model-written summary
AMF colonization influenced the nutrient content of the leaves of M. piperita var citrata; direction not stated.
- Taxon
- M. piperita var citrata
Mentha ×piperitae1 - Treatment
- Colonizatione1
- Outcome
- nutrient content of the leavese1
Not reportedDirection
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Verbatim
e1“Colonization also influenced the nutrient content of the leaves of M. piperita var citrata”
Claim · model-written summary
AMF colonization increased leaf dry biomass of M. piperita var citrata.
- Taxon
- M. piperita var citrataMentha ×piperitae1
- Treatment
- Colonizatione1
- Outcome
- leaf dry biomasse1
- Direction
- increasede1
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Verbatim
e1“Colonization also influenced the nutrient content of the leaves of M. piperita var citrata and increased leaf dry biomass”
Claim · model-written summary
Essential oil content and yield were higher in Mentha piperita var. citrata plants colonized by AMF at the 60 mg P fertilization dose.
- Taxon
- Mentha × piperita L. var. citrataMentha aquatica var. citratat0
- Treatment
- colonized by AMF fungi with the 60 mg P fertilization dosee1
- Interactor
- AMFe1symbiont
- Outcome
- content and yield of essential oilse1
- Direction
- highere1
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e1“The content and yield of essential oils were higher in plants colonized by AMF fungi with the 60 mg P fertilization dose”
t0“Mentha × piperita L. var. citrata”
Claim · model-written summary
Plants colonized by R. clarus had higher essential oil production only with the 120 mg dm -3 P treatment.
- Taxon
- Mentha × piperita L. var. citrataMentha aquatica var. citratat0
- Treatment
- 120 mg dm -3 P treatmente1
- Interactor
- R. clarusRhizophagus claruse1symbiont
- Outcome
- essential oil productione1
- Direction
- highere1
- Qualifier
- only with the 120 mg dm -3 P treatmente1
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e1“except those colonized by R. clarus which had higher essential oil production only with the 120 mg dm -3 P treatment”
t0“Mentha × piperita L. var. citrata”
Claim · model-written summary
Linalool and linalyl acetate were the two major components of the essential oils in all treatments.
- Taxon
- Mentha × piperita L. var. citrataMentha aquatica var. citratat0
- Outcome
- linalool and linalyl acetatee1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“The two major components in the essential oils for the plants in all the treatments were linalool and linalyl acetate”
t0“Mentha × piperita L. var. citrata”
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