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Underground networking: the potential for improving yield and quality of pot‐grown herbs with mycorrhizas
Author(s) -
Schroeder Viviane,
Gange Alan C,
Stead Anthony D
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of the science of food and agriculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1097-0010
pISSN - 0022-5142
DOI - 10.1002/jsfa.4648
Subject(s) - herb , arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi , yield (engineering) , quality (philosophy) , arbuscular mycorrhizal , medicinal herbs , symbiosis , horticulture , biology , traditional medicine , philosophy , physics , medicine , genetics , epistemology , bacteria , inoculation , thermodynamics
With constant pressure on herb growers to perform to a continuous high standard, finding new ways to improve herb quality and or quantity are gaining importance, with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) presenting one possible solution. Viviane Schroeder, Alan Gange and Anthony Stead discuss the introduction of AMF to the herb growth cycle and discuss the benefits and costs that their symbiosis with plants bring to modern agriculture. Copyright © 2011 Society of Chemical Industry