Improved grain yield of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) under water deficit after inoculation with Bradyrhizobium elkanii and Rhizophagus irregularis
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F67985939%3A_____%2F17%3A00508893" target="_blank" >RIV/67985939:_____/17:00508893 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11310/17:10367778
Result on the web
<a href="http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0299688" target="_blank" >http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0299688</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/CP17087" target="_blank" >10.1071/CP17087</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Improved grain yield of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) under water deficit after inoculation with Bradyrhizobium elkanii and Rhizophagus irregularis
Original language description
Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.), a plant broadly cultivated for human consumption and animal feed, is among the most nutritious grain legumes. Most of the areas where cowpea is grown are drought-prone, and there is a need to address this issue, with water scarcity becoming a major concern in agriculture. Cowpea is known to form mutualistic associations with nitrogen-fixing (NF) bacteria and arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi. These beneficial soil microorganisms have the capacity to benefit plants by reducing the effects of environmental stresses, including drought. Our aim was to study the effect of inoculation with Bradyrhizobium elkanii and Rhizophagus irregularis on the growth and grain yield of cowpea under water-deficit conditions. Under moderate water deficit, grain yield was increased by 63%, 55% and 84% in plants inoculated with B. elkanii, R. irregularis and B. elkanii+R. irregularis, respectively. Under severe water deficit, inoculation with B. elkanii and B. elkanii+R. irregularis resulted in grain-yield enhancement of 45% and 42%, respectively. The use of cowpea inoculated with NF bacteria and AM fungi has great potential for sustainable agricultural production under drought conditions.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10618 - Ecology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Crop and Pasture Science
ISSN
1836-0947
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
68
Issue of the periodical within the volume
10-11
Country of publishing house
AU - AUSTRALIA
Number of pages
8
Pages from-to
1052-1059
UT code for WoS article
000416573200018
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85036641131