Abstract
Under drought environment, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) can serve as a long-term biofertilizer to sustain the water and nutrient availability for the host plants. A study was conducted to check the effect of AMF and the encapsulations of the AMF and an organic fertilizer (Fer) with alginate (Al-FA) and agar-agar (Ag-FA) on maize (Zea mays L.) in response to water deficit conditions. The maximum quantum efficiency of PS II (Fv/Fm) of the maize inoculated with Al-FA and Ag-FA under the water deficit was recorded to be 0.70 and 0.50, respectively. Shoot and root water content of the Al-FA plants were found to be maintained under the water deficit and were better than Ag-FA. Besides, phosphorus content in the root tissues of the Al-FA plants grown under the water deficit stress was 1.56-folds greater than in the Ag-FA plants, thereby promoting the photosynthetic abilities and plant height in the former case. The study indicated that the Al-FA type of encapsulation may perform better than the Ag-FA in case of maize plants, leading to its better development under water limited conditions.
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Claim · model-written summary
Al-FA inoculated maize had Fv/Fm of 0.70 under water deficit.
Zea maysOrganisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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e0“The maximum quantum efficiency of PS II (Fv/Fm) of the maize inoculated with Al-FA and Ag-FA under the water deficit was recorded to be 0.70 and 0.50, respectively.”
Claim · model-written summary
Ag-FA inoculated maize had Fv/Fm of 0.50 under water deficit.
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The maximum quantum efficiency of PS II (Fv/Fm) of the maize inoculated with Al-FA and Ag-FA under the water deficit was recorded to be 0.70 and 0.50, respectively.”
Claim · model-written summary
Al-FA maintained shoot and root water content better than Ag-FA.
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e0“Shoot and root water content of the Al-FA plants were found to be maintained under the water deficit and were better than Ag-FA.”
Claim · model-written summary
Al-FA root phosphorus content was 1.56-folds greater than Ag-FA.
- Treatment
- Al-FAe0
- Outcome
- phosphorus content in the root tissuese0
- Direction
- greatere0
- Value
- 1.56-foldse0
- Comparator
- Ag-FAe0
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Verbatim
e0“phosphorus content in the root tissues of the Al-FA plants grown under the water deficit stress was 1.56-folds greater than in the Ag-FA plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Higher phosphorus in Al-FA plants promoted photosynthetic abilities and plant height.
Not reportedTaxon
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e0“thereby promoting the photosynthetic abilities and plant height in the former case”
Claim · model-written summary
Al-FA may outperform Ag-FA for maize development under limited water.
- Outcome
- Al-FA type of encapsulatione0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the Al-FA type of encapsulation may perform better than the Ag-FA in case of maize plants, leading to its better development under water limited conditions”
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