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GROWTH RESPONSES OF SITKA SPRUCE SEEDLINGS TO MYCORRHIZAL INOCULATION
Author(s) -
THOMAS G. W.,
JACKSON R. M.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
new phytologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.742
H-Index - 244
eISSN - 1469-8137
pISSN - 0028-646X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1983.tb03488.x
Subject(s) - inoculation , biology , mycorrhiza , greenhouse , mycorrhizal fungi , botany , ectomycorrhiza , nutrient , horticulture , agronomy , symbiosis , ecology , bacteria , genetics
SUMMARY Under glasshouse and field conditions, different mycorrhizal fungi differ in their effect upon the growth and nutrient status of seedlings of Sitka spruce [ Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr]. Seedlings inoculated with ‘E‐strain’ fungi, the dominant mycorrhizal fungi of nurseries, and grown in forest soil in the glasshouse and in field plots were smaller than those inoculated with either Thelephora terrestris Ehrh. Fr. or Laccaria laccata (Scop, ex Fr.) Cooke.