ENHANCEMENT OF GROWTH AND ESTABLISHMENT OF OAK SEEDLINGS (QUERCUS-ITHABURENSIS DECAISNE) BY INOCULATION WITH AZOSPIRILLUM-BRASILENSE

Authors
ZAADY E PEREVOLOTSKY A
Citation
E. Zaady et A. Perevolotsky, ENHANCEMENT OF GROWTH AND ESTABLISHMENT OF OAK SEEDLINGS (QUERCUS-ITHABURENSIS DECAISNE) BY INOCULATION WITH AZOSPIRILLUM-BRASILENSE, Forest ecology and management, 72(1), 1995, pp. 81-83
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Forestry
Journal title
Forest ecology and management → ACNP
ISSN journal
03781127
Volume
72
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
81 - 83
Database
ISI
SICI code
0378-1127(1995)72:1<81:EOGAEO>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
The effects of inoculation with the plant growth-promoting rhizobacter ium Azospirillum brasilense Cd on germination and growth of oak (Querc us ithaburensis Decaisne) seedlings were investigated in the nursery. An inoculum concentration of 10(7) colony forming units per plant of A . brasilense caused significant increases in seedling root surface are a, root dry weight, foliage and shoot dry weight 30 days after inocula tion. Inoculation of oak seedlings with A. brasilense is therefore sug gested for improving the establishment, growth and development of oak seedlings under nursery conditions.