@article{fdi:010068773,
  title = {{F}ield trials reveal ecotype-specific responses to mycorrhizal inoculation in rice},
  author = {{D}iedhiou, {A}. {G}. and {M}baye, {F}. {K}. and {M}bodj, {D}. and {F}aye, {M}. {N}. and {P}ignoly, {S}arah and {N}doye, {I}. and {D}jaman, {K}. and {G}aye, {S}. and {K}ane, {A}. and {L}aplaze, {L}aurent and {M}anneh, {B}. and {C}hampion, {A}ntony},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he overuse of agricultural chemicals such as fertilizer and pesticides aimed at increasing crop yield results in environmental damage, particularly in the {S}ahelian zone where soils are fragile. {C}rop inoculation with beneficial soil microbes appears as a good alternative for reducing agricultural chemical needs, especially for small farmers. {T}his, however, requires selecting optimal combinations of crop varieties and beneficial microbes tested in field conditions. {I}n this study, we investigated the response of rice plants to inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi ({AMF}) and plant growth promoting bacteria ({PGPB}) under screenhouse and field conditions in two consecutive seasons in {S}enegal. {E}valuation of single and mixed inoculations with {AMF} and {PGPB} was conducted on rice ({O}ryza sativa) variety {S}ahel 202, on sterile soil under screenhouse conditions. {W}e observed that inoculated plants, especially plants treated with {AMF}, grew taller, matured earlier and had higher grain yield than the non-inoculated plants. {M}ixed inoculation trials with two {AMF} strains were then conducted under irrigated field conditions with four {O}. sativa varieties, two {O}. glaberrima varieties and two interspecific {NERICA} varieties, belonging to 3 ecotypes (upland, irrigated, and rainfed lowland). {W}e observed that the upland varieties had the best responses to inoculation, especially with regards to grain yield, harvest index and spikelet fertility. {T}hese results show the potential of using {AMF} to improve rice production with less chemical fertilizers and present new opportunities for the genetic improvement in rice to transfer the ability of forming beneficial rice-microbe associations into high yielding varieties in order to increase further rice yield potentials.},
  keywords = {{SENEGAL} ; {CASAMANCE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{P}los {O}ne},
  volume = {11},
  numero = {12},
  pages = {e0167014 [17 p.]},
  ISSN = {1932-6203},
  year = {2016},
  DOI = {10.1371/journal.pone.0167014},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010068773},
}