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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2020, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (19): 8-12.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb20190400039

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Effect of Glomus mosseae on Yield of Two Maize Cultivars and Correlation Analysis of Growth Traits

Ma Xuemiao, Liu Xiao, Xie Xinyu, Wang Yan, Zhang Zhi, Lu Yuncai, Wang Changxian()   

  1. College of Modern Agriculture and Ecological Environment, Heilongjiang University/Key Laboratory of Agricultural Resources Utilization and Environmental Security, Harbin 150080
  • Received:2019-04-24 Revised:2019-07-30 Online:2020-07-05 Published:2020-07-08
  • Contact: Wang Changxian E-mail:2005034@hlju.edu.cn

Abstract:

The aim is to discuss the utilization potentiality of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in maize production, and the relative effect mechanism. ‘Zhengdan 958’ and ‘5999’ were used as field experimental materials, and Glomus mosseae was inoculated by mixing with seeds at sowing stage. The concentration of nitrogen and phosphorus in grains, yield, 100-kernel weight, ear length, ear diameter, row number per ear and kernel number per row were measured by traditional methods at the physiological maturity stage of maize. Pearson correlation coefficient was used to analyze the correlation between the indexes. The yield of ‘Zhengdan 958’ inoculated with G. mosseae was 1.10 times that of the corresponding control, but the G. mosseae had negative effect on yield of ‘5999’. Meanwhile, 100-kernel weight of ‘Zhengdan 958’ was significantly higher than that of ‘5999’ regardless of inoculation or not, and the phosphorus concentration in grains of the two maize varieties was significantly increased by G. mosseae. For ‘Zhengdan 958’, 100-kernel weight was positively correlated with phosphorus concentration in grains, and the correlation coefficient between them increased from 0.6267 to 0.9480 after inoculation with G. mosseae. However, 100-kernel weight of ‘5999’ was negatively correlated with the phosphorus concentration in grains, and positively correlated with the nitrogen concentration in grains, and the improvement by G. mosseae on the nitrogen concentration in grains was not significant. Under field conditions, the yield of ‘Zhengdan 958’ could be enhanced to some extent by inoculating with G. mosseae, which is attributed to the correlation coefficient increase between 100-kernel weight and phosphorus concentration in grains of maize.

Key words: Glomus mosseae, ‘Zhengdan 958’, ‘5999’, yield, correlation

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