THE USE OF ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAE TO CENTRAL ONION WHITE-ROT (SCLEROTIUM-CEPIVORUM BERK) UNDER FIELD CONDITIONS

Authors
TORRESBARRAGAN A ZAVALETAMEJIA E GONZALEZCHAVEZ C FERRERACERRATO R
Citation
A. Torresbarragan et al., THE USE OF ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAE TO CENTRAL ONION WHITE-ROT (SCLEROTIUM-CEPIVORUM BERK) UNDER FIELD CONDITIONS, Mycorrhiza, 6(4), 1996, pp. 253-257
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Mycology,"Plant Sciences
Journal title
Mycorrhiza → ACNP
ISSN journal
09406360
Volume
6
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
253 - 257
Database
ISI
SICI code
0940-6360(1996)6:4<253:TUOAMT>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
A field experiment was carried out to determine the effects of the ino culation of onion (Allium cepa L.) with Glomus sp. Zac-19 on the devel opment of onion white rot (Sclerotium cepivorum Berk.) and on onion pr oduction. Mycorrhization delayed onion white rot epidemics by 2 weeks and provided a significant protection against the disease for 11 weeks after onion transplanting, as compared with nonmycorrhizal controls. Mycorrhizal plants showed an increase of 22% in yield, regardless of t he presence of the white rot pathogen.