Fruit yield of strawberry plants inoculated with Azospirillum brasilense RLC1 and REC3 under field conditions

The beneficial effect of inoculating with Azospirillum brasilense on crop productivity has been widely described in different crops, but its extensive use in strawberry typical agricultural field environments is scarcely documented. The objective of this study was to quantify the fruit yield of stra...

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Autores: Salazar, Sergio Miguel, Lovaisa, Nadia Carolina, Guerrero Molina, María Fernanda, Ragout, Alicia Leonor, Kirschbaum, Daniel Santiago, Diaz Ricci, Juan Carlos, Pedraza, Raúl Osvaldo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:Argentina
Institución:Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria
Repositorio:INTA Digital (INTA)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:localhost:20.500.12123/5257
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/5257
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Fresa
Fragaria ananassa
Rendimiento
Inoculación
Azospirillum Brasilense
Experimentación en Campo
Strawberries
Yields
Inoculation
Field Experimentation
Frutilla
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Sumario:The beneficial effect of inoculating with Azospirillum brasilense on crop productivity has been widely described in different crops, but its extensive use in strawberry typical agricultural field environments is scarcely documented. The objective of this study was to quantify the fruit yield of strawberry plants (Fragaria ananassa Duch.) inoculated with A. brasilense (strains RLC1 and REC3) under typical dryland farming conditions. The study was performed during 2006-2009 growing seasons, evaluating root inoculated and non-inoculated strawberry plants cultivar ‘Camarosa’ in Tucumán, Argentina. The inoculated plants exhibited more vigorous vegetative growth and increased the total fruit yield by 8.5% and marketable yield by 7%, as compared with non-inoculated plants.