Application of native microbial inocula to the soil: effect in maize seedlings growth

Authors

  • Saúl Mendoza Sánchez
  • Andrés Zepeda Hernández
  • Erendira Gabriela Campeche Calixto
  • Fidel Adolfo Payán Zelaya Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.28940/terra.v35i2.167

Keywords:

microbial broths, carbon dioxide, Erythrina americana, foliage, soil

Abstract

The release of nutrients from decomposing plant residues is important to obtaining adequate crop nutrition especially in agroforestry systems. Some authors have pointed out the possibility of using microbial inocula to accelerate both residue decomposition and crop growth. In order to evaluate the response of maize (Zea mays) to application of liquid microbial inoculum on Erytrhina americana residues in the soil, an experiment was conducted in semi-controlled conditions. Maize was planted in pots filled with soil treated with microbial inocula from six different locations. Indicators of maize plant response were leaf area, biomass, and seedling height; CO2 production of soil in pots was also measured. The results showed that leaf area, biomass and CO2 production responded positively to the addition of foliage of E. americana. However, only microbial nutrient inocula from two locations caused significant differences in the variables evaluated, and none was superior to the results obtained with the control, which contained soil with residue addition but without microbial inoculants. The results indicate the need for further research on dose and frequency of application and they also highlight the usefulness of the method used to find differences in the impact of different inocula.

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Author Biography

Fidel Adolfo Payán Zelaya, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco

Doctor en Agroforestería con énfasis en agricultura orgánica, Universidad de Gales Reino Unido-Centro Agronómico Tropical y de Enseñanza, Turrialba Costa Rica. Becado por la Fundación Ford para estudios de Maestría en el concurso México-C.A. Profesor Investigador Titular del Departamento de Producción Agrícola y Animal (DPAA), Coordinador de la Maestría en Ciencias Agropecuarias Universidad. Publicación de 10 artículos en revistas JCR incluyendo uno en Geoderma y dos en Agroforestry Systems, Libro sobre la dinámica y descomposición de la materia orgánica del suelo.

Published

2017-04-06

How to Cite

Mendoza Sánchez, S., Zepeda Hernández, A., Campeche Calixto, E. G., & Payán Zelaya, F. A. (2017). Application of native microbial inocula to the soil: effect in maize seedlings growth. REVISTA TERRA LATINOAMERICANA, 35(2), 161–168. https://doi.org/10.28940/terra.v35i2.167

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