Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.5513/JCEA01/22.1.2856

Processing tomato response to arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi application under conventional production practice

Kristina GROZIĆ ; Institute of Agriculture and Tourism, Karla Huguesa 8, Poreč, 52440, Croatia,
Igor PASKOVIĆ orcid.org/0000-0002-3937-3926 ; Institute of Agriculture and Tourism, Karla Huguesa 8, Poreč, 52440, Croatia
Tomislav RADIĆ ; Institute for Adriatic Crops and Karst Reclamation, Put Duilova 11, Split, 21000, Croatia
Marina LUKIĆ ; Institute of Agriculture and Tourism, Karla Huguesa 8, Poreč, 52440, Croatia,
Paula ŽURGA ; Teaching Institute of Public Health Primorsko-Goranska County, Department of Health Ecology, Krešimirova 52a, Rijeka, 51000, Croatia
Igor PALČIĆ ; Centre of Excellence for Biodiversity and Molecular Plant Breeding, Svetošimunska 25, Zagreb, 10000, Croatia
Branimir URLIĆ ; Institute for Adriatic Crops and Karst Reclamation, Put Duilova 11, Split, 21000, Croatia
Mia BRKLJAČA ; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, Pierottijeva 6, Zagreb, 10000, Croatia
Dean BAN ; Centre of Excellence for Biodiversity and Molecular Plant Breeding, Svetošimunska 25, Zagreb, 10000, Croatia
Joško KALITERNA ; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture, Svetošimunska cesta 25, Zagreb, 10000, Croatia
Jana KLANJAC ; Institute of Agriculture and Tourism, Karla Huguesa 8, Poreč, 52440, Croatia
Nikola MAJOR ; Institute of Agriculture and Tourism, Karla Huguesa 8, Poreč, 52440, Croatia
Zdravko MATOTAN ; Podravka d.d., Ante Starčevića 32, Koprivnica, 48000, Croatia
Smiljana GORETA BAN ; Centre of Excellence for Biodiversity and Molecular Plant Breeding, Svetošimunska 25, Zagreb, 10000, Croatia

Abstract

The potential effect of pre-inoculation of processing tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) plants with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) on yield and fruit properties was investigated in conventional production. Tomato seeds were sown in seedling trays filled with a substrate non-inoculated (AMF-) or inoculated (AMF+) by selected mycorrhizal strains. Seedlings were transplanted in Terra rossa soil and grown in conditions with mineral fertilization and irrigation. Tomato fruits were sampled at harvest. Tomato plants under both treatments had high levels of mycorrhizal colonization, due to applied inoculum (AMF+) or indigenous (AMF-) inoculum present in the soil. Applied AMF+ treatment increased P and decreased K content in tomato fruits. Content of trace elements such as As and V significantly increased, while Pb content significantly decreased in the fruits of AMF+ when compared to the AMF- treatment. No significant effect of AMF+ treatment was observed on yield, fruit quality (soluble solids, pH, total acidity, fruit firmness), lycopene and antioxidant activity of tomato fruits. The overall results suggest that processing tomato is highly susceptible to the indigenous AMF, while seedlings inoculation with selected AMF improves only total phenolic and P fruit content. This means that AMF have a potential application in commercial processing tomato production, however a targeted adaptation of management decissions is required for more extensive results.

Keywords

antioxidant activity; fruit quality; Funneliformis mosseae; lycopene; mineral acquisition; mycorrhizal colonization; Rhizophagus irregularis; tomato seedlings; total phenolic content; trace elements

Hrčak ID:

254962

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/254962

Publication date:

28.3.2021.

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