The Study Of Vesicular-Arbuscular Mycorrhizae Fungi, Phosphorus And Drought Stress Effects On Nutrient Uptake Efficiency In Wheat

In order to study the effects of Vesicular Arbuscular Mycorrhizae (VAM) fungi, phosphorus and drought stress on nutrient uptake efficiency in wheat, 3 factors of Mycorrhizae (with and without application), phosphorus (0, 6 and 12 g P2O5 per m2), and irrigation (10.5, 24.8, 36.1, 46.2 and 55.1mm water for each irrigation interval) were investigated on wheat (Mahdavi cultivar) with 3 replications based on Hanks et al. (1980). Application of fungus caused a significant increase in phosphorus and potassium uptake efficiency. The effect of phosphorus on above character was also significant at the 1% level of probability. There was not significant difference between application and non-application of fungus in nitrogen uptake efficiency, whereas application of different levels of phosphorus caused a significant difference at the 1% level on this character. Mean comparison of effects of fungus x phosphorus x irrigation on phosphorus uptake efficiency showed that symbiosis of phosphorus, had most phosphorus uptake efficiency (428.7gkg-1). The highest phosphorus uptake efficiency (295 gkg-1) without application of VAM fungi was obtained by use of 55.1 mm water for each irrigation interval and application of 6g P2O5 per m2.Therefore VAM fungi caused a significant increase for phosphorus uptake efficiency in low phosphorus levels.