Record ID No. |
813 |
Author(s) |
Ban D., Oplanic M., Novak B., Zutic I., Borosic J., Persuric A.S.I. , 2006 |
Affiliation |
Institute for Agriculture and Tourism, Porec, Croatia. |
Title |
The influence of production system and mycorrhiza on endivia production (Cichorium endivia L.) |
Source. Vol.(no):Page |
Radovi Poljoprivrednog Fakulteta Univerziteta u Sarajevu Works of the Faculty of Agriculture University of Sarajevo. 51(57(1)): 133-146 |
Categories |
Arbuscular Mycorrhiza |
Subjects |
Soil plant relations |
Sub-subjects |
Plantations |
Host |
Cichorium endivia, Lactuca sativa |
Organism |
Glomus mosseae |
Country |
Croatia, Europe |
Abstracts |
A study was conducted in Pula (Croatia) during 2002 and 2003 to determine the influence of organic, sustainable and conventional crop management systems and endomycorrhiza (Glomus mosseae) inoculation on the growth of endivia (C. endivia). Endivia was planted after lettuce harvesting on the set polyethylene mulch in the conventional and sustainable management, while in the organic management it was planted after tilling lettuce residues and plant mulch (stock pea and common vetch). Fertilizer application (by fertirrigation) and endivia crop protection against diseases and pests were performed according to basic principles of organic, sustainable and conventional crop management systems. Neither mycorrhiza nor the production system had any significant influence on the plant density, head diameter, head mass and marketable yield. The sustainable production system had significantly the least non-marketable endivia heads; the ecological system had the most non-marketable heads in the first year; in the second year, this feature was not significant. Mycorrhiza had no influence on this feature. |