14TSB_ATC_IR: Use of AMF and PGPR in soil-less substrate strawberry production to increase resource use efficiency and fruit quality

该建议的重点是提高产量和确保草莓生产的水果供应。为了避免土壤传播的疾病，近40%的草莓生产（约。价值9000万英镑）生长在无土基质中，受到保护，根据作物需求更好地控制养分和水分。该提案涉及有效利用这些资源，管理这些资源被认为是实现可持续集约农业的一个关键驱动因素。最近的证据表明，在基质生产系统与标准施肥灌溉，丛枝菌根真菌（AMF）可以提高草莓产量。本提案调查是否AMF和PGPR（植物生长促进根际细菌）产品在商业基板的应用将导致增加资源利用效率，水果品质，和不同的品种组合对白粉病的耐受性。

This proposal focuses on increasing the yield and ensuring fruit supply from strawberry production. To avoid soil borne diseases, nearly 40% of strawberry production (ca. £90M in values) is grown in soil-less substrate under protection where nutrients and water are better controlled according to the crop requirement. This proposal addresses the efficient use of such resources, the management of which is recognised as one key driver in the delivery of sustainable intensive agriculture. Recent evidence suggests that under a substrate production system with standard fertigation, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) can increase strawberry yield. The present proposal investigates whether application of AMF and PGPR (plant growth promoting rhizobacteria) products in commercial substrates will result in increased resource use efficiency, fruit quality, and tolerance to powdery mildew over different combinations of cultivars.