Published in Scientific Papers. Series B, Horticulture, Vol. LXVIV, Issue 1
Written by Oana-Alexandra LUȚU, Nicolae-Alin VINTILĂ, Liliana Cristina SOARE, Codruța Mihaela DOBRESCU
Biofertilizers represent an ideal alternative for sustainable agriculture, ensuring, in addition to increasing crop productivity, low costs and easy handling. The aim of this work was to test commercialized biofertilizers (Symbiomyco Grow - organic product based on mycorrhizal fungi), as well as potential biofertilizers (algae culture - Chlorella sorokiniana UTEX 1230 - with Symbiomyco Grow) to highlight the possible beneficial influence on some physiological and biochemical parameters in cucumber, Cucumis sativus L. Symbiomyco Grow was tested in two concentrations (1 and 0.1 g L-1 respectively) and 4 variants (with and without algae culture) and applied to the seeds before germination (experiment 1) and at the seedling stage (experiment 2). At the end of the experiments, the root and stem lengths were measured, and the fresh weight, total phenolic content, and concentration of the assimilatory pigments were determined. Among the parameters significantly increased compared with the control, after applying the algae culture with Symbiomyco Grow, we mention: axial organ length, fresh weight, and chlorophyll b.
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