Potencial do fungo Aspergillus niger como promotor de crescimento de mudas de hortaliças

• Ano de defesa: 2020
• Autor(a) principal: Mundim, Gustavo de Souza Marques
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal de Uberlândia; Brasil; Programa de Pós-graduação em Agricultura e Informações Geoespaciais
• Palavras-chave em Português: Biofertilizante; Produção de mudas; Vigor; Promoção de crescimento de plantas; Bioinsumo; Biofertilizer; Seedling production; Seedling vigor; Plant growth promotion; Bio-input; CNPQ::CIENCIAS AGRARIAS::AGRONOMIA::CIENCIA DO SOLO::MICROBIOLOGIA E BIOQUIMICA DO SOLO; Agronomia
• Link de acesso: https://repositorio.ufu.br/handle/123456789/31130; http://doi.org/10.14393/ufu.di.2020.844

The objective of this study was to evaluate the potential of the fungus Aspergillus niger as a growth promoter of vegetable seedlings. The experiment was carried out in a 2 x 2 + 1 factorial scheme, with two doses of conidia (102 and 106 per plant) applied in two inoculation methods, seed treatment and in-furrow granular application, and an uninoculated control. The application was carried out on the day of planting, and the experiment conducted in greenhouse in substrate based on coconut fiber. Seven vegetables were evaluated in independent experiments, capable of providing a high spectrum of response to the fungus potential. The growth parameters evaluated were shoot length, stem diameter, root volume, fresh shoot mass, fresh root mass, shoot dry mass, root dry mass, total dry mass, and total root length. Regardless of dose and inoculation method, the seedlings treated with A. niger showed higher growth than the untreated ones for all crops. The largest relative increase promoted by the fungus was observed for the aerial part of the analyzed crops, increasing the production of the fresh shoot mass of lettuce (61%), kale (40%), scarlet eggplant (101%), watermelon (38%), melon (16%), pepper (92%) and tomato (42%). The results observed in the present study show that A. niger boosts the growth of all analyzed crops, presenting as a promising bio-input for horticultural crops.