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Dynamic changes in nursery and indigenous mycorrhiza ofPinus sylvestris seedlings planted out in forest and clearcuts

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The community of indigenous mycorrhizal fungi on planted-out nursery seedlings of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) was surveyed for two years at two sites in Sweden. Factors studied were the effect of forests versus clearcuts on these communities, age of clearcut, planting-out in early summer versus autumn, age of planted-out seedlings and time of soil scarification. Analyses of variance and detrended correspondence analysis showed that the relative magnitude of the effects of these factors upon the composition of the ectomycorrhizal community on seedlings planted out was site > time of outplanting > forest/clearcut > age of clearcut > time of soil scarification. In general, clear-cutting had a minor effect, both qualitatively and quantitatively. Nineteen different mycorrhizal types were recorded. After two seasons, seedlings hosted an average of 1.8 indigenous mycorrhizal types and 0.95 nursery mycorrhizal types comprising 35% and 65% of the mycorrhizal roots, respectively.Piloderma croceum colonized seedlings significantly more frequently in forests than in clearcuts, whereas the reverse was found forCenococcum geophilum, and two other mycorrhizal types. However, there is a general agreement between mature coniferous forests and clearcuts as regards both the inoculum potential of dominant fungi adapted to early colonization, and the composition of these fungal species. The fungal adaptations to forests obviously resemble those conditions occurring at clearcuts.

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Dahlberg, A., Stenström, E. Dynamic changes in nursery and indigenous mycorrhiza ofPinus sylvestris seedlings planted out in forest and clearcuts. Plant Soil 136, 73–86 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02465222

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