La quinua es un cultivo con alto potencial económico y social en la Región Puno, Perú; sin embargo, su producción está afectada por la baja fertilidad de los suelos. Una forma de enfrentar este problema sin afectar el ambiente es mediante el uso de microorganismos benéficos. El objetivo de este estudio fue evaluar el efecto de cepas de Trichoderma sp. en la nutrición de la quinua var. Salcedo INIA y en las características químicas del suelo. La investigación se desarrolló en el Laboratorio de Fitopatología e instalaciones de la Escuela Profesional de Ingeniería Agronómica, ubicado en la ciudad de Puno durante los meses de enero a julio de 2015. Se emplearon cinco cepas de Trichoderma sp. para la inoculación en plantas de quinua mediante la aplicación al suelo o usando semilla peletizada. Al final del ciclo del cultivo (seis meses) se evaluaron los niveles de N, P y K tanto en el tejido vegetal como en el suelo. No se detectaron efectos de la inoculación con Trichoderma en los niveles de los nutrientes en el suelo, pero las plantas inoculadas mostraron contenidos de P y K superiores a los del testigo (P≤0.05). Los resultados no lograron sustentar la tesis del efecto solubilizador de Trichoderma sobre los nutrientes del suelo, pero sustentan la idea que la planta mejoró su eficiencia en la absorción de nutrientes atribuido al mayor crecimiento del sistema radical.
The use of endophytic fungi is an effective alternative to control pathogens, improve plant metabolism and yield in crops. The objective of this study was to assess the effect of five different strains of Trichoderma sp. on the growth and yield of quinoa plants (Chenopodium quinoa Willd) by using two methods of inoculation: a) pelleted seed, and b) drenching with the endophytic fungi. A completely randomized design with a 2 x 5 factorial arrangement, plus a control with five repetitions was used. The 11 treatments were evaluated with five repetitions. Yield, and aerial and root growth variables were determined. There were no interactions between strains and inoculation methods for aerial plant growth, but there were for root growth and yield. The seed pelleting method produced a higher aerial growth compared to the drench method. In root length, the greatest values were found with the TE-7 and TE-126 strains combined with the pelleted seed method. Likewise, the TE-126 strain induced the greatest dry biomass of roots using the same method. The yield varied between 4147.6 and 3222.7 kg.ha-1 in most of the strain-method combinations, without significant differences between them. Statistically, the control always ranked last, indicating the importance of the seed inoculation. Trichoderma sp. produced increases in vegetative growth and quinoa yield, with TE-7 and TE-126 being the best strains. Furthermore, seed pelleting promoted vegetative growth of the plants, while grain yield was not affected by the inoculation method.
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