Growth and phosphorus uptake by cassava in P-deficient soil in response to mycorrhizal inoculation

ABSTRACT Phosphorus (P) is one of the most difficult nutrients for plants to acquire because of its low content in the soil solution. Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) has a thick and sparse absorbent root system; therefore, it is dependent on its association with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF)...

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Main Authors: Lucas Guilherme Cavallari, Adalton Mazetti Fernandes, Lydia Helena da Silva de Oliveira Mota, Hugo Mota Ferreira Leite, Valkíria Luísa Borsa Piroli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ciência do Solo 2021-12-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-06832021000100528&tlng=en