Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis ›› 2021, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (7): 1212-1221.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.2021.07.07

• Horticultural Science • Previous Articles     Next Articles

Effects of three growth promoting bacteria and their mixed microbial agents on growth and quality of lettuce

HUANG Shuchao1(), HOU Dong2,*(), YUE Hongzhong2, KONG Weiping2, ZHANG Dongqin2, LI Yali2, HAN Dongrong3, XIE Bojie1   

  1. 1. College of Horticulture, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China
    2. Institute of Vegetables, Gansu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou 730070, China
    3. College of Prataculture, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China
  • Received:2021-01-09 Online:2021-07-25 Published:2021-08-06
  • Contact: HOU Dong

Abstract:

To verify the effects of strains GNB6, MGBC3, MGBD1 and their mixture on the growth and quality of lettuce, and to determine the optimal dosage of different strains and their mixture, so as to provide basis for the development of special growth promoting bacteria for lettuce, a total of 13 treatments were set up in this study, including nitrogen fixing bacteria A (2 mL per plant, 4 mL per plant, 6 mL per plant), phosphate solubilizing bacteria B (2 mL per plant, 4mL per plant, 6 mL per plant), IAA secreting bacteria C (2 mL per plant, 4 mL per plant, 6 mL per plant), mixed microbial agent D (2 mL per plant, 4 mL per plant, 6 mL per plant), and water control (CK).The results showed that: under the same fertilization conditions, adding the appropriate amount of single and mixed microbial agents could significantly promote the growth of lettuce, improve the nutritional quality of lettuce, effectively promote the accumulation of anthocyanins in lettuce leaves, and significantly reduce the content of nitrite in lettuce stems. Among them, D3 treatment was the best, with the stem diameter and single plant weight increased by 24.71% and 55.67% respectively compared with CK. The soluble protein of stem and leaf increased by 83.49% and 139.46%, soluble sugar of stem and leaf increased by 51.28% and 29.19%, VC content of stem and leaf increased by 88.89% and 13.57%, nitrate content of stem decreased by 1.47%, anthocyanin content of leaf increased by 53.63%.According to the principal component analysis, the comprehensive scores of each treatment group from high to low were: D3>B1>C2>B2>D2>A2>D1>C3>A1>A3>B3>C1>CK. Comprehensive analysis showed that the most suitable dosage of each microbial agent was A2 (4 mL per plant), B1 (2 mL per plant), C2 (4 mL per plant), D3 (6 mL per plant), and the mixed microbial agent D3 (6 mL per plant) had the best effect on promoting the growth and improving the quality of lettuce.

Key words: microbial agent, purple leaf lettuce, growth, quality

CLC Number: