Abstract
ABSTRACT Bean monoculture deteriorates soil fertility, decreases organic matter, reduces microbial diversity, and accelerates erosion, depleting nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus. This leads to dependence on chemical fertilizers and pesticides, increasing environmental pollution. A viable solution is mountain microorganisms, improving nutrient availability, disease resistance, environmental stress, and soil structure. However, there is a knowledge gap regarding their specific efficacy in supporting the growth and development of common beans ( Phaseolus vulgaris L.) under specific agroecological conditions. This research aims to help fill this knowledge gap, so in the Municipality of Caldono, Cauca, Colombia, the effect of mountain microorganisms was evaluated in about 900 seeds of Phaseolus vulgaris L . variety Cargamanto. A randomized complete block design with three treatments was used: T0 (control, no inoculation), T1 (inoculation with mountain microorganisms for 1 h), and T2 (inoculation with mountain microorganisms for 3 h). Growth parameters such as plant height, number of nodules, number of pods per plant, number of seeds per pod, dry weight, and grain yield per hectare were evaluated. The results suggest that inoculation with mountain microorganisms significantly improved all measured parameters compared to the control samples. T2 consistently outperformed T1, indicating that more extended inoculation periods increase the efficacy of the parameters evaluated. These results suggest that applying mountain microorganisms is a promising and sustainable approach to improve bean productivity, which could reduce dependence on chemical fertilizers and promote more environmentally friendly agricultural practices. Thus, the study provides valuable information on mountain microorganisms as a biotechnological alternative to improve crop yield and soil health in bean monoculture systems.
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Claim · model-written summary
Mountain microorganism inoculation significantly improved all measured bean growth and yield parameters versus controls.
- Taxon
- Phaseolus vulgaris L
Phaseolus vulgarise2 - Material
- Cargamantoe2
- Treatment
- inoculation with mountain microorganismse0
- Interactor
- mountain microorganismse0symbiont
- Outcome
- plant height, number of nodules, number of pods per plante1
- Direction
- improvede0
- Comparator
- control samplese0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The results suggest that inoculation with mountain microorganisms significantly improved all measured parameters compared to the control samples.”
e1“plant height, number of nodules, number of pods per plant, number of seeds per pod, dry weight, and grain yield per hectare”
e2“Phaseolus vulgaris L . variety Cargamanto”
Claim · model-written summary
Mountain microorganism inoculation improved bean seed number, dry weight and grain yield versus controls.
- Taxon
- Phaseolus vulgaris LPhaseolus vulgarise2
- Material
- Cargamantoe2
- Treatment
- inoculation with mountain microorganismse0
- Interactor
- mountain microorganismse0symbiont
- Outcome
- number of seeds per pod, dry weight, and grain yield per hectaree1
- Direction
- improvede0
- Comparator
- control samplese0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The results suggest that inoculation with mountain microorganisms significantly improved all measured parameters compared to the control samples.”
e1“number of seeds per pod, dry weight, and grain yield per hectare”
e2“Phaseolus vulgaris L . variety Cargamanto”
Claim · model-written summary
Three-hour inoculation consistently outperformed one-hour inoculation.
- Taxon
- Phaseolus vulgaris LPhaseolus vulgarise2
- Treatment
- inoculation with mountain microorganisms for 3 he1
- Interactor
- mountain microorganismse1symbiont
- Outcome
- parameters evaluatede0
- Direction
- outperformede0
- Comparator
- inoculation with mountain microorganisms for 1 he1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“T2 consistently outperformed T1, indicating that more extended inoculation periods increase the efficacy of the parameters evaluated.”
e1“T1 (inoculation with mountain microorganisms for 1 h), and T2 (inoculation with mountain microorganisms for 3 h)”
e2“Phaseolus vulgaris L . variety Cargamanto”
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