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Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria Enhance Soil Key Enzymes, Plant Growth, Seed Yield, and Qualitative Attributes of Guar

A. El-Sawah; A. El-Keblawy; D. Ali; H. Ibrahim; M. El-Sheikh; Anket Sharma; Yousef Alhaj Hamoud; Hiba Shaghaleh; M. Brestič; M. Skalický; Y. Xiong; M. Sheteiwy

Agriculture · 2021

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Summary

Guar is an economically important legume crop that is used for gum production. The clean and sustainable production of guar, especially in newly reclaimed lands, requires biofertilizers that can reduce the use of mineral fertilizers, which have harmful effects on human health and the environment. The present study was conducted to investigate the effects of biofertilizers produced from Bradyrhizobium sp., Bacillus subtilis, and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), individually or in combinations, on microbial activity, and nutrients of the soils and the guar growth and seed quality and yield. The application of biofertilizers improved shoot length, root length, number of branches, plant dry weight, leaf area index (LAI), chlorophyll content, and nutrient uptake of guar plants compared with

Subject
Soil biology & microbiology
Source type
Peer-reviewed study
System type
Other
DOI
10.3390/agriculture11030194
Catalogue ID
NRmoi1jyc7-00c
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