Finger Millet Growth and Nutrient Uptake Is Improved in Intercropping With Pigeon Pea Through “Biofertilization” and “Bioirrigation” Mediated by Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria

Finger Millet Growth and Nutrient Uptake Is Improved in Intercropping With Pigeon Pea Through “Biofertilization” and “Bioirrigation” Mediated by Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria

Legume-cereal intercropping is well known in traditional dry land agriculture. Here, we tested whether finger millet, a shallow-rooted cereal, can profit from neighboring pigeon pea, a deep-rooted legume, in the presence of “biofertilization” with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and plant growth-...

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Main Authors: Krishna Saharan, Lukas Schütz, Ansgar Kahmen, Andres Wiemken, Thomas Boller, Natarajan Mathimaran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Environmental Science
Subjects:
biofertilizer
biorrigation
facilitation
intercropping
pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan)
finger millet (Eleusine coracana)
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fenvs.2018.00046/full

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