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SynthesisMycorrhiza2024

Is arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal addition beneficial to potato systems? A meta-analysis.

Segun Oladele, Iain Gould, Sandra Varga

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Synthesis in Mycorrhiza, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Segun OladeleSchool of Natural Sciences, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, LN6 7TS, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7589-8658
Iain GouldLincoln Institute for Agri-food Technology, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, LN6 7TS, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5315-2241
Sandra VargaSchool of Natural Sciences, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, LN6 7TS, UK. svarga@lincoln.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9799-714X

Funding

Innovate UK 10027073
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The application of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi has been reported to confer multiple agronomic benefits to crop plants including cereals, vegetables, and fruit trees, as well as to improve soil structure and health. In this study, we conducted a meta-analysis to investigate whether AM fungal addition enhances potato yield. We further examined whether several experimental conditions (type of experiment, inoculation method, and source of AM fungi) and potato cultivar may explain the outcomes. We calculated the effect sizes of seven plant parameters by including a total of 106 independent pot and field experimental studies from 37 peer reviewed publications. Our results show that the addition of AM fungi has an overall positive effect on all potato plant parameters included in our analyses except for aboveground plant biomass. Potato cultivar was the main significant moderator explaining our findings, with some cultivars benefiting more from AM fungal presence than others. Our findings agree with several other global meta-analyses reporting positive effects of AM fungi on other important crops and highlights the potential application of these fungal symbionts in potato agro-ecosystems.

Indexed as

MycorrhizaeSolanum tuberosumBiomassCrops, AgriculturalSoil MicrobiologySymbiosisField studiesNutrient concentrationPlant biomassPotato cultivarYield

Identifiers

PMID39680220
PMCPMC11649713

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