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Dual inoculations onLeucaena esculenta plants of eitherGlomus versiforme andRhizobium loti NGR 8 orGlomus sp. andR. loti ENCB 31, gave higher growth and phosphorus accumulation compared with treatments with a single micro-symbiont. The above combinations could be used in a re-forestation programme withL. esculenta in the highlands of Oaxaca State, Mexico. The use of endomycorrhized plants is recommended to alleviate the planting shock-phase, particularly in arid zones, and also the risk of root colonization by possibly less-efficient indigenous fungi.
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Valdés, M., Reza-Alemán, F. & Furlan, V. Response ofLeucaena esculenta to Endomycorrhizae andRhizobium inoculation. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 9, 97–99 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00656526
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