Abstract
Lettuce is widely used for its healthy properties, and it is of interest to increase them with minimal environmental impact. The purpose of this work was to evaluate the effect of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus (AMF) Funneliformis mosseae in lettuce plants (Lactuca sativa L. cv. Salinas) cultivated in a soilless system with sub-optimal phosphorus (P) compared with non-inoculated controls at two different P concentrations. Results show that lettuce inoculation with the selected AMF can improve the growth and the nutritional quality of lettuce even at sub-optimal P. Leaf content of chlorophylls, carotenoids, and phenols, known as important bioactive compounds for human health, was higher in mycorrhizal lettuce plants compared with non-mycorrhizal plants. The antioxidant capacity in AMF plants showed higher values compared with control plants grown at optimal P nutrition level. Moreover, leaf gas exchanges were higher in inoculated plants than in non-inoculated ones. Nitrogen, P, and magnesium leaf content was significantly higher in mycorrhizal plants compared with non-mycorrhizal plants grown with the same P level. These findings suggest that F. mosseae can stimulate plants growth, improving the nutritional quality of lettuce leaves even when grown with sub-optimal P concentration.
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Claim · model-written summary
AMF inoculation improved lettuce growth under suboptimal phosphorus.
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- lettuce
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- lettuce inoculation with the selected AMFe0
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- AMFe0symbiont
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- growthe0
- Direction
- improvee0
- Qualifier
- sub-optimal Pe0
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e0“lettuce inoculation with the selected AMF can improve the growth and the nutritional quality of lettuce even at sub-optimal P”
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AMF inoculation improved lettuce nutritional quality under suboptimal phosphorus.
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- lettuceLactuca sativae0
- Treatment
- lettuce inoculation with the selected AMFe0
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- AMFe0symbiont
- Outcome
- nutritional qualitye0
- Direction
- improvee0
- Qualifier
- sub-optimal Pe0
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e0“lettuce inoculation with the selected AMF can improve the growth and the nutritional quality of lettuce even at sub-optimal P”
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Mycorrhizal lettuce had higher leaf chlorophylls, carotenoids and phenols than nonmycorrhizal plants.
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- lettuceLactuca sativae0
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- mycorrhizal lettuce plantse0
- Interactor
- mycorrhizale0symbiont
- Outcome
- Leaf content of chlorophylls, carotenoids, and phenolse0
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- highere0
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- non-mycorrhizal plantse0
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e0“Leaf content of chlorophylls, carotenoids, and phenols, known as important bioactive compounds for human health, was higher in mycorrhizal lettuce plants compared with non-mycorrhizal plants”
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AMF plants had higher antioxidant capacity than control plants at optimal P.
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- LettuceLactuca sativat0
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- AMFe0
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- AMFe0symbiont
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- antioxidant capacitye0
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- highere0
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- control plantse0
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e0“The antioxidant capacity in AMF plants showed higher values compared with control plants grown at optimal P nutrition level”
t0“Lettuce”
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Inoculated plants had higher leaf gas exchange.
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- LettuceLactuca sativat0
- Treatment
- inoculated plantse0
- Interactor
- Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungit0symbiont
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- leaf gas exchangese0
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- highere0
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- non-inoculated onese0
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e0“leaf gas exchanges were higher in inoculated plants than in non-inoculated ones”
t0“Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Increase Nutritional Quality of Soilless Grown Lettuce”
Claim · model-written summary
Mycorrhizal plants had higher leaf nitrogen, phosphorus and magnesium content at the same P level.
- Taxon
- LettuceLactuca sativat0
- Treatment
- mycorrhizal plantse0
- Interactor
- Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungit0symbiont
- Outcome
- Nitrogen, P, and magnesium leaf contente0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- non-mycorrhizal plantse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Nitrogen, P, and magnesium leaf content was significantly higher in mycorrhizal plants compared with non-mycorrhizal plants grown with the same P level”
t0“Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Increase Nutritional Quality of Soilless Grown Lettuce”
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