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Synthesis of Pisolithus Tinctorious Ectomycorrhizae on Seedling of Four Woody Species

• ID:

  677

• ESCSI:

  8620.006

• Author:

  Maronek, Dale M. and James W. Hendrix

• Publication Name:

  Journal of the American Society for Horticulture Sciences

• Type of Publication:

  Journal

• Publisher:

  American Society for Horticulture Science

• Dated:

  1980

• Issue/Volume:

  No. 6/Vo. 105

• Other ID:

• Page(s):

  823-825

• Reference List:

  Y

• Abstract:

  Fresh and stored vegetative mycorrhizal inoculum of Pisolithus tinctorius (Pers.) Coker & Couch were incorporated into steamed media containing slow-release fertilizer. Austrian pine (pinus nigra Arnold.) Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) and Canadian hemlock (Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carriere) seedlings were grown in 165-ml tubes in a greenhouse for 7 months. Yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis Britt.) seedlings were grown in 7.6 cm diameter pots. All species formed mycorrhizae but the percent of seedlings which formed mycorrhize differed among species. Stored inoculum was inferior to fresh inoculum. Differential growth responses to P. tinctorius also occurred among the species. P. tinctorius significantly increased height and stem diameter of Norway spruce only, and reduced the stem diameter of Austrian pine.