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Field Inoculation of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Improves Fruit Quality and Root Physiological Activity of Citrus

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  • Ming-Ao Cao

    (College of Horticulture and Gardening, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434025, China
    Co-first author.)

  • Peng Wang

    (Institute of Citrus Research, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Taizhou 318026, China
    Co-first author.)

  • Abeer Hashem

    (Botany and Microbiology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia)

  • Stephan Wirth

    (Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), 15374 Müncheberg, Germany)

  • Elsayed Fathi Abd_Allah

    (Plant Production Department, College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia)

  • Qiang-Sheng Wu

    (College of Horticulture and Gardening, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434025, China)

Abstract

Soil arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi form a mutualistic symbiosis with plant roots and produce many benefits on host plants under potted conditions, while field inoculation of AM fungi on citrus (a woody plant) has been rarely reported. The present study aimed to analyze the changes in mycorrhizal growth, root vitality, and fruit quality of Citrus reticulata Blanco var. Ponkan mandarin cv. Jinshuigan grafted on Poncirus trifoliata L. after inoculation with a mix of AM fungi (Diversispora versiformis , Funneliformis mosseae , and Rhizophagus intraradices ) and single F. mosseae . After the second year of AM fungal inoculations, root mycorrhizal colonization (%), root vitality, hyphal length in soil, and easily extractable glomalin-related soil protein content were significantly increased, while difficult-to-extract glomalin-related soil protein content was decreased. Two mycorrhizal fungal inoculation treatments collectively improved fruit quality parameters such as polar diameter, equatorial diameter, the weight of single fruits, fruit peel, and sarcocarp, coloration value, and soluble solids content. Our study, therefore, suggested that field inoculation with AM fungi improved root physiological activities in terms of mycorrhizal growth and root vitality and thus improved fruit quality. The effect of mixed-AM treatment was more significant than that of F. mosseae alone.

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  • Ming-Ao Cao & Peng Wang & Abeer Hashem & Stephan Wirth & Elsayed Fathi Abd_Allah & Qiang-Sheng Wu, 2021. "Field Inoculation of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Improves Fruit Quality and Root Physiological Activity of Citrus," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 11(12), pages 1-9, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jagris:v:11:y:2021:i:12:p:1297-:d:706769
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    1. Tibor Szili-Kovács & Tünde Takács, 2023. "Advanced Research of Rhizosphere Microbial Activity," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 13(4), pages 1-4, April.

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