Mycorrhizal fertilisers variety and the conditions necessary for their effective use

Abstract

Olesia Danylchenko*, Maksym Ponomarenko, Valentina Rozhko, Vladyslav Kovalenko, Olena Karpenko, Anna Hotvianska, Pavlo Serdiuk, Iryna Sologub, Arthur Shevych, Oleksandr Horpynchenko, Volodymyr Tokman

The article is devoted to studying the range of mycorrhizal fertilisers in Ukraine and some countries of the European Union. The growth of fertilisers offered with mycorrhizal fungi in the organic farming market has been established. When selecting mycorrhizal fertilizers for grain and cereal crops (wheat, barley, corn), the most effective strains are Arbuscular Mycorrhiza (AM). It is shown that AM application during legume cultivation improves phosphorus absorption. Depending on the type of fruit and berry crops, endomycorrhiza and ectomycorrhiza should be correctly selected to prevent ineffective application. It has been proven that oil crops (sunflower, rapeseed) respond well to endomycorrhiza, which improves the absorption of nutrients. It has been set that when choosing a mycorrhizal fertiliser, farmers need to pay attention to fertilisers with a high concentration of spores, and it is also more effective to use a consortium of bacteria and mycorrhizal fungi (the most common and effective are Glomus intraradices, Glomus mosseae, and Rhizophagus irregularis).