The effect of mycorrhizae and media composition on urban farming

Abstract

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are a popular fungus that improve plant nutrient uptake. Besides nutrient availability, the problems cultivation vegetables in pot was soil compaction, so it is necessary to study the composition of the planting media too. This study performed vegetables to application AMF and composition media to growth plants. In this paper, the experimental method was design in factorial by completely randomized block with three replicates. The first factor was AMF inoculant various dose; 0, 10, 20 g/ polybag and the second factor wes the composition mixture of soil: husk charcoal: manure consists of three levels: 2:1:1, 1:2:1 and 1:1:2. Analysed data by analysis of variance followed by Least Significant Difference Test (LSD). The results showed that, the best combination for vegetable growth if planting with application 10 g/plant of AMF inoculant on media (soil: husk charcoal: manure) composition 2:1:1.