Record ID No. |
1066 |
Author(s) |
Miranda J. C. C. de., Fialho J. de F., Miranda L. N.de , 2005 |
Affiliation |
Embrapa Cerrados, BR 020 Km 18 Rod. Brasilia/Fortaleza, Caixa Postal: 08223, CEP 73310-970, Planaltina, DF, Brazil. |
Title |
The importance of arbuscular mycorrhiza for cassava cropping in the cerrado soils |
Source. Vol.(no):Page |
Comunicado Tecnico Embrapa Cerrados. (119): 4 p. |
Categories |
Arbuscular Mycorrhiza |
Subjects |
Soil plant relations |
Sub-subjects |
Cropping effect |
Host |
Cassava (Manihot esculenta) |
Organism |
Mycorrhiza |
Country |
Brazil, South America |
Abstracts |
Cassava (Manihot esculenta) plants are highly dependent on arbuscular mycorrhiza for optimum growth. Its cultivation in cerrado soils requires soil and culture management, such as liming and fertilizer application, and crop rotation. Though, higher plant growth and root yield are attained and applied inputs are better used when the cassava plants are mycorrhizal. Liming and fertilizer application and rotational crop sequences improve the native community of those fungi in the soil, quantitatively and qualitatively, by favoring the re-establishment of species efficient for the crop. Mycorrhiza contribution to cassava growth and root production occurs even in soils well amended with fertilizer, resulting in higher productivity.. |