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| Saharan, Krishna; Schütz, Lukas; Kahmen, Ansgar; Wiemken, Andres; Boller, Thomas; Mathimaran, Natarajan. |
| Legume-cereal intercropping is well known in traditional dry land agriculture. Here, we tested whether finger millet, a shallow-rooted cereal, can profit from neighboring pigeon pea, a deep-rooted legume, in the presence of “biofertilization” with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR), under drought conditions. We conducted a greenhouse experiment using compartmented microcosms. Pigeon pea was grown in a deep compartment with access to a moist substrate layer at the bottom, whereas finger millet was grown in a neighboring shallow compartment, separated by 25-µm nylon mesh, without access to the moist substrate layer. In the presence of a common mycorrhizal network (CMN), with or without PGPR, a drought condition... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Crop combinations and interactions Nutrient turnover Crop health; Quality; Protection. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/35409/1/Saharan-etal-2018-frontiersEnvSci-vol6-article46-p1-11.pdf |
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| Fataar, Shakira; Kahmen, Ansgar; Luka, Henryk. |
| In conservation biological control, flowers can be used to increase the biological control potential of parasitoids, which benefit from the offered food sources. Besides exhibiting exploitable nectar, flowers should preferably be olfactorily attractive, as highly attractive flowers are easily located, reducing the time spent searching for food and subsequently increasing the per capita host searching efficiency. In this study we thus focused on the olfactory attractiveness of Fagopyrum esculentum Moench (Polygonaceae), Centaurea cyanus L. (Asteraceae) and Vicia sativa L. (Fabaceae) to Cotesia rubecula (Marshall, 1885) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), a larval parasitoid of the cabbage pest Pieris rapae (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera: Pieridae). With a Y-tube... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Biodiversity and ecosystem services Crop health; Quality; Protection. |
| Ano: 2019 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/34499/1/Fataar_etal_2019-BiolControl-Vol132-p16-22.pdf |
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| Symanczik, Sarah; Gisler, Michelle; Thonar, Cécile; Schlaeppi, Klaus; van der Heijden, Marcel; Kahmen, Ansgar; Boller, Thomas; Mäder, Paul. |
| Naranjilla (Solanum quitoense) is a perennial shrub plant mainly cultivated in Ecuador, Colombia, and Central America where it represents an important cash crop. Current cultivation practices not only cause deforestation and large-scale soil degradation but also make plants highly susceptible to pests and diseases. The use of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) can offer a possibility to overcome these problems. AMF can act beneficially in various ways, for example by improving plant nutrition and growth, water relations, soil structure and stability and protection against biotic and abiotic stresses. In this study, the impact of AMF inoculation on growth and nutrition parameters of naranjilla has been assessed. For inoculation three European reference AMF... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Soil Crop health; Quality; Protection. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/33353/1/Symanczik-etal-2017_FrontPlantSci_Vol8_Article1263_pp1-12.pdf |
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