Inoculation of Alnus rubra Seedlings to Improve Seedling Growth and Forest Performance

Farnham

1989

3 S.

1 Tab.

Bandaufführung

4035

7694

A collaborative venture has been established between the Forestry Commission, the University of Glasgow, the University of Surrey and the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology to investigate inocuation of Alnus seedlings with selected Frankia strains. Nursery experiments and subsequent field trials have given preliminary results of sufficient significance for the inoculation technique to be considered as a standard nursery practice. Although current research has been concerned primarily with inoculation of Alnus rubra, work with other alder species has shown comparable results. Methods of commercial production of inoculum are also to be promoted.