Research progress of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in vegetable production

Abstract:

In recent years, the application of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) in greenhouse vegetable production has shown that AMF inoculation during vegetable seedling breeding can produce mycorrhizal seedlings with good quality and strong resistance. Via various mycorrhizal effects, the application of AMF in vegetables production has proven that AMF can improve the nutrition and water supply of vegetables, enhance the tolerance of vegetables to environmental stress, increase the resistance of vegetable root diseases and nematodes, and improve the yield and product quality of vegetables. These functions of AMF are of importance in agriculture. Based on the beneficial effects of AMF on vegetables, this paper reviews the research progress of AMF in promoting vegetable growth, increasing vegetable yield and quality, alleviating its abiotic stress, controlling pathogens, and applying AMF in combination with pathogenic bacteria (or pesticides), so as to provide reference for the application of AMF in vegetable production in the future.