Abstract
Red pepper seedlings were inoculated either alone or with a mixture of all five species of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF). After 10 weeks of growth in the greenhouse, the seedlings were transplanted into fields and cultivated without chemical fertilizers and pesticides for 10 weeks. The results showed that plant growth was significantly increased under both greenhouse and field conditions, suggesting that AMF inoculation has a positive effect on the growth of
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Fig. 1. Dry weights (A) and root:shoot ratio (B) ofC apsicum annuum seedlings inoculated with different fungal species after 10 weeks of growth in a greenhouse. A-C: Different letters indicate significant differences at <0.05 (n=30) according to LSD test of one-way ANOVA. AL, ; CC, ; CE, ; FM, ; GG, Gigaspora gigantea; MX, mixture.