Yield and phosphorus uptake and use efficiency by cassava crop submitted to micorryzic inoculation

• Grant number: 18/12837-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Effective date (Start): December 01, 2018
• Effective date (End): November 30, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Agronomy - Crop Science
• Principal Investigator: Adalton Mazetti Fernandes
• Grantee: Lucas Guilherme Cavallari
• Host Institution: Centro de Raízes e Amidos Tropicais (CERAT). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Botucatu. Botucatu , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The nutritional deficiency of Brazilian soils used in cassava cultivations is one of the main factors of production that negatively affect the national yield of this tuberous species. Although phosphorus (P) is not the macronutrient most taken up by cassava plant, it is of great importance for the crop, since it acts in the photosynthesis, storage and transfer of energy, cell division and other metabolic activities important for the development of the plant, including root growth. The cassava plant is able to associate with soil fungi, which improves the plant's ability to absorb nutrients. Thus, the objective of this research will be to evaluate the plant growth, P uptake and use efficiencies, and cassava yield in response to inoculation of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF). The experiment will be conducted in a greenhouse in the experimental design of randomized blocks, in the 2x4 factorial scheme, with 4 replications. The treatments will be represented by two soil types (natural soil and sterile soil) and 4 rates of AMF (0, 50, 100, and 200 spores per pot). Each plot will consist of a pot with 38 dm-3. Will be evaluate: the number of leaves per plant and plant height, number, length, diameter, mean weight and yield of storage roots, accumulation of dry matter (DM) in leaves, stems, fibrous roots and storage roots, DM partitioning to the plant parts, P content and accumulation in the leaves, stems, fibrous roots, storage roots and in the whole plant, P uptake and P use efficiency, and percentage of mycorrhizal colonization in the fibrous roots. The obtained data will be submitted to analysis of variance. The means of soil types will be compared by LSD test (p0.05), while the AMF rates will be submitted to regression analysis.

Scientific publications

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LUCAS GUILHERME CAVALLARI; ADALTON MAZETTI FERNANDES; LYDIA HELENA DA SILVA DE OLIVEIRA MOTA; HUGO MOTA FERREIRA LEITE; VALKÍRIA LUÍSA BORSA PIROLI. Growth and phosphorus uptake by cassava in P-deficient soil in response to mycorrhizal inoculation. Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo, v. 45, 2021-12-17. (18/12837-6)

CAVALLARI, LUCAS GUILHERME; FERNANDES, ADALTON MAZETTI; DA SILVA DE OLIVEIRA MOTA, LYDIA HELENA; FERREIRA LEITE, HUGO MOTA; BORSA PIROLI, VALKIRIA LUISA. Growth and phosphorus uptake by cassave in P-deficient soil in response to mycorrhizal inoculation. Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo, v. 45, 2021. (18/12837-6)