Increasing of Tomato Yield Grown in Hydroponic System Using  Pythium oligandrum  Isolated from Khoaa, Aljouf, Saudi Arabia

Moustafa, Shaima; Abdelzaher, Hani

doi:10.21608/ejm.2018.2631.1039

Increasing of Tomato Yield Grown in Hydroponic System Using Pythium oligandrum Isolated from Khoaa, Aljouf, Saudi Arabia

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Shaima Moustafa ¹^{, 2}
Hani Abdelzaher ¹^{, 2}

¹ Permanent address: Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Minia University, Egypt

² current address: Department of Biology, College of Science, Aljouf University, Sakaka, Saudi Arabia

10.21608/ejm.2018.2631.1039

Abstract

THERE WERE excellent results for tomato yield in hydroponic applications in many countries of the world. It is desirable to look for ways designed to test the ability of two isolates of Pythium oligandrum, isolated from rhizosphere of alfalfa cultivated in Khoaa, Sakaka, Saudi Arabia, to increase yield of tomato in hydroponic system. There were significant increase of fresh and dry matter of shoot, root systems as well fruits of tomato plants cultivated in hydroponic system supplemented with each of P. oligandrum isolates (JU0328 & JU0329). Results showed that hydroponics cultivation system treated with P. oligandrum had beneficial effect on increasing yield of tomato as well as suggesting alternative methods to traditional agriculture, especially in arid areas with poor soil quality.

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