9866 1 archive 4527 disk0/00/00/98/66 2007-03-08 2009-08-20 14:34:49 2009-08-20 14:34:49 conference_item show 0 en The final version of this paper is published in: Niggli, Urs; Leifert, Carlo; Alföldi, Thomas; Lück, Lorna and Willer, Helga, Eds. (2007) Improving Sustainability in Organic and Low Input Food Production Systems. Proceedings of the 3rd International Congress of the European Integrated Project Quality Low Input Food (QLIF). University of Hohenheim, Germany, March 20 – 23, 2007. Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL, CH-Frick.http://orgprints.org/10417/ Printed copies may be ordered from the FiBL Shop at www.shop.fibl.org. int_conf_2007qlif_3_crops March 20-23, 2007 3rd QLIF Congress: Improving Sustainability in Organic and Low Input Food Production Systems University of Hohenheim, Germany never 0 http://orgprints.org/10417/ TRUE poster Galvan Guillermo A. Burger Karin Kuyper Thom W. Kik Chris Scholten Olga E. pub 7plantbreed Onion, Allium cepa L., arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, low input farming, Allium fistulosum, Allium roylei Oralpaper, nonqlif Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) play an important role in the uptake of nutrients and water from soil. Onions, Allium cepa L., are plants with a shallow root system. As a result, onion plants need a lot of fertiziler for their growth. Furthermore, onion plants are sensitive to drought. The aim of the current research project is to study the beneficial effect of mycorrhizal fungi on the growth and development of Allium species and to determine whether it is possible to improve onions for mycorrhizal responsiveness by means of breeding. Variation among Allium species and segregation observed in a interspecific tri-hybrid population indicate that selection and thus breeding for high responsiveness to AMF is possible. 2007 published public 7224 1 9866 1 application/pdf de public

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