Comparative effect of arbuscular mycorrhiza, cowdung and phosphorus on growth and yield contributing characters of red amaranth (Amaranthus tricolor L.) and Indian spinach (Basella alba L.)

Ghosh, Aporna; Tahjib-Ul-Arif, Md.; Chamely, S. G.; Haque, M. R.; Rahman, M. M.; Bhuiyan, Md. Asadul Haque

doi:10.22271/tpr.2017.v4.i2.035

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“…High-yielding entries at each location tended to have longer roots than low-yielding entries. Ghosh et al (2017) reported positive correlation of root length with each of shoot weight, number of leaves per plant, and plant height in A. tricolor.…”

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Yield of Vegetable Amaranth in Diverse Tanzanian Production Environments

Dinssa¹,

Hanson²,

Ledesma

et al. 2019

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Amaranth (Amaranthus sp.) is an important leafy vegetable in Africa where most farmers grow unimproved landraces. Information about amaranth genetic diversity and its adaptation to different environments will help breeders develop improved commercial varieties that meet market requirements. The objectives of this study were to investigate the performances of amaranth entries for vegetable yield across locations and seasons, assess the relative contributions of genetic vs. environmental sources of variation to yield, and cluster locations into mega-environments (MEs) to suggest future test sites. Twenty-six diverse entries were evaluated for vegetable yields in replicated trials at five locations in wet-cool and hot-dry seasons in Tanzania. Season explained the highest proportion (52.1%) of the total sum of squares followed by entries (24.9%) and locations (23.0%). Mean yield across the hot-dry season trials (27.7 t·ha−1) was 47.3% greater than the mean yield across wet-cool season trials (18.8 t·ha−1). Differences among entries in vegetable yield were higher in the hot-dry season than in the wet-cool season, indicating that gain from selection is likely to be greater in the hot-dry season. Most entries performed well in either wet-cool or hot-dry season but a few entries were adapted to both seasons. Two MEs were identified, one characterized by lower altitudes, higher temperatures, and less fertile soils, and a second ME associated with higher altitudes, lower temperatures, and more fertile soils. Each ME may serve as an initial selection site for their respective target environment. Targeting a specific season may give a better chance of finding high-yielding varieties.

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Yield of Vegetable Amaranth in Diverse Tanzanian Production Environments

Dinssa¹,

Hanson²,

Ledesma

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“…Our previous study showed that arbuscular mycorrhiza, cowdung and phosphorus enhanced growth and yield contributing characters of red amaranth and Indian spinach (Ghosh et al 2017).…”

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Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi inoculation with organic matter and phosphorus supplementation enhance nutrient contents of Amaranthus tricolor L. and Basella alba L. by improving nutrients uptake

Tahjib-Ul-Arif¹,

Ghosh²,

Chamely³

et al. 2018

Trop. Plant Res.

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Most of the vegetable crops retain an association with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) which can improve the growth, nutrition, water supply and tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses of host plants. Therefore, the main objective of this study was to investigate whether the association of red amaranth (Amaranthus tricolor) and Indian spinach (Basella alba) with AMF, increase the shoot mineral nutrient contents and whether supplementation of organic matter and phosphorus enhance AMF association. The experiment was laid out in a factorial design considering three-factor viz. arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM), cowdung (CD) and phosphorus (P). There were five replications and total 40 treatment combinations. Results showed that in both vegetable maximum N, P, K, S, Mg, Fe, Mn, Cu and Zn and protein contents were observed due to the application of AMF and cowdung with phosphorus. The combined application of AMF with cowdung and phosphorus enhanced the association with plants and was more effective than only AMF application to enhance nutrient contents. Also, the uptake of almost all macro-and micronutrients increased due to the application of cowdung and phosphorus with arbuscular mycorrhiza.

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“…Crop production in Bangladesh is now coping with several issues related to nutrient deficiency, such as growing intensity of land use, indiscriminate and imbalanced use of synthetic fertilizers, little or without organic manures (6) . On the other hand, soil organic matter is considered as the key component to ensure sustainable and eco-friendly crop productivity.…”

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“…Applications of cow dung and poultry manure to red amaranth have showed positive response in growth and yield (10,11) . Some studies were conducted by Miah et al (9) , Ghosh et al (6) and Sattar et al (12) on how organic manure, to be specific cow dung and poultry manure affect soil properties, growth and yield of red amaranth in Bangladesh. But no study has been conducted yet to light upon the uptake of mineral nutrient by red amaranth treated with cow dung and poultry manure in the manipulated (mixture of acid and calcareous soil) soil and soil properties of post-harvest soils.…”

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Impacts of Cow Dung and Poultry Manure on the Mineral Nutrient Uptake of Red Amaranth Grown in a Mixture Of Acid and Calcareous Soils

Soliaman

Hossain

Saha

et al. 2023

Dhaka Univ. J. Biol. Sci

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A pot experiment was performed in the net house to observe the influence of cow dung and poultry manure on the growth of red amaranth grown in the amended soil (mixture of acid and calcareous soil). Acid soil was mixed with calcareous soil at a ratio of 3:1 for experiment with red amaranth. The pot experiment was conducted with the mixed soil indicated by T0M (control-where no amendment was added), three different rates of cow dung such as T1 (3 ton/ha), T2 (6 ton/ha) and T3 (9 ton/ha) and three rate of poultry manure designated as T4 (2 ton/ha), T5 (4 ton/ha) and T6 (6 ton/ha). Treatment responses were evaluated in terms of different parameters including uptake of nutrients by plants and post-harvest properties of soil such as physico-chemical properties and residual nutrient content of the soil. It is evident from the experiment that the uptake of the plant nutrients was the best in the mixed soil (T0M-control) than those of the acid (TA) and calcareous soils (TC). On the other hand, T3 (9 ton cow dung/ha) showed the highest uptake of nutrients except for S and Mg among the all treatments. In the post-harvest soil, the maximum nutrient contents increased in the highest doses of cow dung (except for the S, Cu, Mn and Zn) and poultry manure (except for the K, Ca, Mg and Fe) treatments. Results of the study showed that soil amendment (mixture of acid and calcareous soil) can be a suitable reclamation process while the addition of organic manures can also improve soil health. Dhaka Univ. J. Biol. Sci. 31(2): 329-342, 2022 (July)

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Comparative effect of arbuscular mycorrhiza, cowdung and phosphorus on growth and yield contributing characters of red amaranth (Amaranthus tricolor L.) and Indian spinach (Basella alba L.)

Cited by 6 publications

References 15 publications

Yield of Vegetable Amaranth in Diverse Tanzanian Production Environments

Yield of Vegetable Amaranth in Diverse Tanzanian Production Environments

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi inoculation with organic matter and phosphorus supplementation enhance nutrient contents of Amaranthus tricolor L. and Basella alba L. by improving nutrients uptake

Impacts of Cow Dung and Poultry Manure on the Mineral Nutrient Uptake of Red Amaranth Grown in a Mixture Of Acid and Calcareous Soils

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