The use of granulated ectomycorrhizal inoculum for reforestation of deteriorated regions

Autor: K. Kropáček, V. Mejstřík, P. Cudlín
Rok vydání: 1990
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Zdroj: Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. 28:263-269
ISSN: 0167-8809
DOI: 10.1016/0167-8809(90)90050-n
Popis: A modified method has been developed for laboratory preparation of granulated mycorrhizal inoculum. Mycelia of ectomycorrhizal fungi are immobilized in alginate gel in a mixture with a silicate carrier-perlite. This inoculum is applied at sowing in forest nurseries to obtain resistant plants for afforestation of areas exposed to man-made stresses. Under both sterile and nonsterile conditions, the growth of seedlings and mycorrhiza development were increased by inoculation with a strain Laccaria laccata. This strain may be a good perspective symbiont for Picea abies and Pinus sylvestris, particularly when high levels of inoculum are used.
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