Record ID No. |
177 |
Author(s) |
Ortega U., Dunabeitia M., Menendez S., Gonzalez-Murua C., Majada J. , 2004 |
Affiliation |
Universidad del País Vasco/EHU, Faculty of Ciencias, Department of Biology Vegetal and Ecology, Apdo 644, E-48 080 Bilbao, Spain |
Title |
Effectiveness of mycorrhizal inoculation in the nursery on growth and water relations of Pinus radiata in different water regimes |
Source. Vol.(no):Page |
Tree Physiology. 24(1): 65-73p. |
Categories |
Ectomycorrhiza |
Subjects |
Soil plant relations |
Sub-subjects |
Mycorrhizal efficiency |
Host |
Pinus radiata |
Organism |
Rhizopogon roseolus |
Country |
Spain, Europe |
Abstracts |
The authors in this study, compared the performance of mycorrhiza-inoculated and non-inoculated radiata pine (Pinus radiata D. Don) seedlings
in two field studies. In the first study, aboveground growth of 2-year-old container-grown trees was compared after planting in two areas that differed in water availability. Mycorrhizal inoculation significantly improved aboveground growth in the 2 years after planting in both areas, especially at the drier site. In the second study, the influence of Rhizopogon roseolus(Corda ex Sturm)Th. Fries and Scleroderma citrinum Pers. on
xylem water potential and hydraulic conductance at the soil-root interface of trees established at the same sites was assessed. Nursery inoculations with R. roseolus and S. citrinum improved tree growth during the first 2 years after field outplanting, particularly at the drier site.
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