Abstract
Intensive use of mineral fertilizers in soilless growing systems can have adverse effects on the environment and human health and could be economically expensive. Aim of this study was whether it can be reduced mineral nutrients in soilless grown melon by using mycorrhizae inoculation. The experiment has been carried out in the early spring growing period in a greenhouse in the Mediterranean climate. The eight treatments have been applied: (1) 100% Full nutrition (control), (2) 100% Full nutrition+mycorrhiza, (3) 80% nutrition, (4) 80% nutrition+mycorrhiza (5) 60% nutrition (6) 60% nutrition+mycorrhiza (7) 40% nutrition, (8) 40% nutrition+mycorrhiza. Effects of mycorrhiza on melon plant growth, yield, fruit quality, and leaf nutrient concentrations were investigated. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi colonization is accompanied by plant growth increases in reduced nutrient levels. The mycorrhiza inoculation had a significant enhancing effect on total yield in soilless grown melon plants. The highest increasing effect on melon yield was observed in the “80% nutrient+mycorrhiza”, and AM- inoculated plants produced 49.5% higher melon yield (12.4 kg m-2) than that of control plants without mycorrhizae (8.3 k gm-2). AM-inoculation was also able to establish an improvement in Brix and EC of melon fruit. In the nutrient contents of leaves, there were slight increases in AM-inoculated plants, except P. The P content was significantly increased in AM-inoculated 80% nutrient plants as comparison to that of its control. ********* In press - Online First. Article has been peer reviewed, accepted for publication and published online without pagination. It will receive pagination when the issue will be ready for publishing as a complete number (Volume 47, Issue 4, 2019). The article is searchable and citable by Digital Object Identifier (DOI). DOI link will become active after the article will be included in the complete issue. *********
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Claim · model-written summary
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi colonization was accompanied by plant growth increases under reduced nutrient levels in melon.
- Taxon
- melon
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Cucumis meloe1 - Treatment
- reduced nutrient levelse0
- Interactor
- Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungie0symbiont
- Outcome
- plant growthe0
- Direction
- increasese0
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e0“Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi colonization is accompanied by plant growth increases in reduced nutrient levels”
e1“The mycorrhiza inoculation had a significant enhancing effect on total yield in soilless grown melon plants”
Claim · model-written summary
Mycorrhiza inoculation had a significant enhancing effect on total yield of soilless grown melon.
- Taxon
- melonCucumis meloe1
- Treatment
- mycorrhiza inoculatione1
- Interactor
- mycorrhizae1symbiont
- Outcome
- total yielde1
- Direction
- enhancinge1
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e1“The mycorrhiza inoculation had a significant enhancing effect on total yield in soilless grown melon plants”
Claim · model-written summary
The highest melon yield increase was observed with 80% nutrient plus mycorrhiza.
- Taxon
- melonCucumis meloe2
- Treatment
- 80% nutrient+mycorrhizae2
- Interactor
- mycorrhizae2symbiont
- Outcome
- melon yielde2
- Direction
- higheste2
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e2“The highest increasing effect on melon yield was observed in the “80% nutrient+mycorrhiza””
Claim · model-written summary
AM-inoculated melon plants produced 49.5% higher yield than control plants without mycorrhizae.
- Taxon
- melonCucumis meloe1
- Treatment
- AM-inoculatede3
- Interactor
- mycorrhizaee3symbiont
- Outcome
- melon yielde3
- Direction
- highere3
- Value
- 49.5%e3
- Qualifier
- 8.3 k gm-2e3
- Comparator
- control plants without mycorrhizaee3
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Verbatim
e1“The mycorrhiza inoculation had a significant enhancing effect on total yield in soilless grown melon plants”
e3“AM-inoculated plants produced 49.5% higher melon yield (12.4 kg m-2) than that of control plants without mycorrhizae (8.3 k gm-2)”
Claim · model-written summary
AM-inoculation improved Brix and EC of melon fruit.
- Taxon
- melonCucumis meloe4
- Organ / stage
- melon fruite4
- Treatment
- AM-inoculatione4
- Outcome
- Brix and ECe4
- Direction
- improvemente4
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e4“AM-inoculation was also able to establish an improvement in Brix and EC of melon fruit”
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AM-inoculation gave slight increases in leaf nutrient contents of melon, except P.
- Taxon
- melonCucumis meloe4
- Organ / stage
- leavese5
- Treatment
- AM-inoculatede5
- Outcome
- nutrient contents of leavese5
- Direction
- slight increasese5
- Qualifier
- except Pe5
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e4“AM-inoculation was also able to establish an improvement in Brix and EC of melon fruit”
e5“In the nutrient contents of leaves, there were slight increases in AM-inoculated plants, except P”
Claim · model-written summary
P content was significantly increased in AM-inoculated melon at 80% nutrient compared with its control.
- Taxon
- melonCucumis meloe1
- Treatment
- AM-inoculated 80% nutrient plantse6
- Outcome
- P contente6
- Direction
- significantly increasede6
- Comparator
- its controle6
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e1“The mycorrhiza inoculation had a significant enhancing effect on total yield in soilless grown melon plants”
e6“The P content was significantly increased in AM-inoculated 80% nutrient plants as comparison to that of its control”
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