Record ID No. |
3540 |
Author(s) |
Schroeder, V., Gange, A.C., Stead, A.D. , 2012 |
Affiliation |
School of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, United Kingdom, Email: viviane.schroeder.2009@live.rhul.ac.uk |
Title |
Underground networking: The potential for improving yield and quality of pot-grown herbs with mycorrhizas |
Source. Vol.(no):Page |
Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 92 (2): 203-206p. |
Categories |
Arbuscular Mycorrhiza |
Subjects |
Soil plant relations |
Sub-subjects |
Plantations |
Host |
Plants |
Organism |
AMF |
Country |
UK., Europe |
Abstracts |
With constant pressure on herb growers to perform to a continuous high standard, finding new ways to improve herb quality and or quantity are gaining importance, with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) presenting one possible solution. Viviane Schroeder, Alan Gange and Anthony Stead discuss the introduction of AMF to the herb growth cycle and discuss the benefits and costs that their symbiosis with plants bring to modern agriculture. |