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Rooting and vitality of poinsettia cuttings was increased by arbuscular mycorrhiza in the donor plants

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In this paper, we provide evidence that the rooting performance of cuttings can be improved by the arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis of donor plants. Poinsettia stock plants were inoculated with the Glomus intraradices isolate H510 and grown in three different cultivation systems (two organic and one conventional). AM colonization was not related to P availability in the substrate. Decay of the excised cuttings in response to unfavorable postharvest storage conditions was significantly reduced by AM colonization of the stock plants. In most cases, AM significantly promoted the formation of adventitious roots in the stored cuttings. The strongest effect of AM was found when donor plants were grown in a modified organic substrate; then AM-conditioned cuttings showed higher leaf sugar levels and a changed kinetic of carbohydrates during storage. Analyses of N, P, and K in cuttings did not indicate a nutritional effect. The results support the idea that an altered carbohydrate metabolism and plant hormones can contribute to improved rooting performance of cuttings excised from mycorrhizal donor plants.

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This work was supported by the Federal Ministry for Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture (Project 02OE265), the Ministry of Agriculture, Environmental Protection and Regional Planning of the State of Brandenburg, and the Ministry for Agriculture, Nature Conservation and the Environment of the Free State of Thuringia.

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  1. Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops, Kuehnhaeuser Strasse 101, D-99189, Erfurt-Kuehnhausen, Germany

    Uwe Druege, Marco Xylaender & Siegfried Zerche

  2. Institute of Plant Protection and Plant Health, University of Hannover, Herrenhaeuser Str. 2, D-30419, Hannover, Germany

    Henning von Alten

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Druege, U., Xylaender, M., Zerche, S. et al. Rooting and vitality of poinsettia cuttings was increased by arbuscular mycorrhiza in the donor plants. Mycorrhiza 17, 67–72 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00572-006-0074-5

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