Phosphate-solubilizing fungus (PSF) - mediated phosphorous solubilization and validation through Artificial intelligence computation.

Journal: World journal of microbiology & biotechnology
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Abstract

Phosphate-solubilizing fungus (PSF) strain alaromyces funiculosus was investigated for phosphorus solubilization, utilizing a range of pH levels and phosphate sources, followed by data confirmation through artificial intelligence modeling. T. funiculosus strain was exposed to five different phosphate sources [Ca(PO), FePO, CaHPO, AlPO, and phytin] at different pH levels (4.5, 5.5, 6.5, 7.0, and 7.5). ANOVA, Pareto charts, and normal plots were used for analyzing the data. Artificial intelligence-based multilayer perceptron (MLP), random forest (RF) and extreme gradient boosting (XGBoost) models were used for data validation and prediction. Five-fold more phosphate (P) solubility by T. funiculosus was registered as compared to the control. The maximum soluble P was found at pH 4.5 (318324 ppb) and CaHPO (444045 ppb). Combination of phytin × 4.5 pH yielded the highest dissolved phosphorus (1537988 ppb), followed by 127458 ppb from the control × 4.5 pH. Pareto chart and normal plot analysis showedthe negative impact of pH (B), pH × F/C (fungus/control) × P-Source (ABC), and F/C (A) factor. Whereas pH × P-Source (AC) and P-Source (C) has positive impact on P solubility. The maximum R scores showed the order of RF (0.944) > MLP (0.938) > XGBoost (0.899). T. funiculosus strain has a grain potential for sustainable use for different types of phosphate sources. Application AI/ML models based on different performance metrics predicted the validated the attained results. In future research, it is recommended to check the efficacy of developed strategy under field conditions and to check the impact on soil and plant.

Authors

  • Fatih Ölmez
    Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Sivas University of Science and Technology, Sivas, Turkey.
  • Zemran Mustafa
    Department of Plant Production and Technologies, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Sivas University of Science and Technology, Sivas, Turkey.
  • Şahimerdan Türkölmez
    Department of Plant Protection, GAP Agricultural Research Institute, Şanlıurfa, Turkey.
  • Aslıhan Esra Bildirici
    Sivas University of Science and Technology, Sivas, Turkey.
  • Seyid Amjad Ali
    Department of Information Systems and Technologies, Bilkent University, 06800 Ankara, Turkey.
  • Muhammad Aasim
    Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Sivas University of Science and Technology, 58000 Sivas, Turkey. Electronic address: mshazim@gmail.com.