The effects of mycorrhizae and phosphorus doses applications on plant growth of maize in volcanic and alluvial origin soils

The objective of this study was to determine the effect of mycorrhizal inoculation and increasing phosphorus doses applications on growth of maize plant on two different types of soil as alluvial and volcanic soils. Phosphorus were applied as P2O5 at the doses of 0, 3, 6 and 9 kg da-1. The study was conducted in green house conditions according to a randomized plot factorial experiment design with three replicates and each application with and without inoculation mycorrhizae. Volcanic soil taken from Mount K？ra and alluvial soil taken from stream bed were used in this research. Mikostar BTH-100 was used as mycorrhizae and DKC-5783 as maize cultivar. With mycorrhizal inoculation differences in terms of the above ground plant dry weight, Fe, Cu, and Mn contents at %1 significance level were determined. The effects of phosphorus doses applications on the above ground plant dry weights were statically significant