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Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

Abstract

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), which exist symbiotically with plant roots, affect plant growth, yield, and fruit quality. The effects of AMF vary depending on the cultivar and mycorrhizal type. In this study, the effects of different AMF types on the Rubygem strawberry cultivar, widely grown in Türkiye, were examined. Gigaspora margarita and Funneliformis mosseae AMF species were applied to plant roots at seedling planting. Fruit quality criteria, including yield, acidity, soluble solid content, phenolic compounds, organic acids, crown and root development, and the number of daughter plants and stolons, were examined. The highest yield was 431.02 g in G. margarita. Funneliformis mosseae was the AMF species with the highest soluble solid content (11.7%) and titratable acidity (0.85%). Gigaspora margarita was prominent in root development, and F. mosseae was prominent in crown development. The highest amounts of ascorbic acid (30.23 mg 100 g–1) and malic acid (551.38 mg 100 g–1) were recorded in the G. margarita type. This species had the highest amounts of gallic (25.385 mg 100 g–1) and chlorogenic (19.477 mg 100 g–1) acids. As a result of the research, it was concluded that G. margarita was more suitable for the development and quality parameters of the Rubygem strawberry cultivar.

Author ORCID Identifier

SELMA KURU BERK: 0000-0002-4553-7069

DOI

10.55730/1300-011X.3352

Keywords

Fragaria, arbuscular, colonization, phenolic, growth

First Page

291

Last Page

300

Publisher

The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TÜBİTAK)

Creative Commons License

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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