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Survival and growth of seedlings of 10 half-sib families of loblolly pine with three ectomycorrhizal conditions on an upland site in South Carolina

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6310130
Seedlings of 10 families from plots artificially infested with Pisolithus tinctorius (Pt), Thelephora terrestries (Tt), or naturally inoculated (NI) were grown in the IMRD nursery in Athens, lifted (February 1980), and graded by size and ectomycorrhizal development. Graded seedlings from Pt plots have 70% of all their feeder roots with ectomycorrhizae and in which eight-tenths of these were formed by Pt. Seedlings from Tt plots also had 70% of all feeder roots with ectomycorrhizae in which eight-tenths were formed by Tt. The NI seedlings had 35% of all feeder roots with ectomycorrhizae all of which were formed by naturally occurring Tt and other fungi. The latter seedlings have ectomycorrhizae comparable to routine nursery-run seedlings.
Research Organization:
Forest Service, Athens, GA (USA). Inst. for Mycorrhizal Research and Development
DOE Contract Number:
AI09-76SR00870
OSTI ID:
6310130
Report Number(s):
SRO-870-14; ON: TI85002215
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English