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Ectomycorrhizal fungi promote growth of Shorea balangeran in degraded peat swamp forests

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Shorea balangeran is an important component of peat swamp forests in Southeast Asia and is an important source of timber. However, S. balangeran has been decreasing in number due to overexploitation. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of inoculation of native ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi on growth of S. balangeran in degraded peat swamp forest. Spores of Boletus sp., Scleroderma sp., and Strobilomyces sp. were collected from natural peat swamp forest in Indonesia. Seedlings of S. balangeran were inoculated with or without (control) spores and grown in sterilized peat soil under nursery conditions for 6 months. Then, the seedlings were transplanted into a degraded peat swamp forest and grown for 40 months. ECM colonization was 59–67% under nursery conditions and increased shoot height and weight. Shoot height, stem diameter, and survival rates were higher in inoculated seedlings than in control 40 months after transplantation. The results suggest that inoculation of native ECM fungi onto native tree species is useful for reforestation of degraded peat swamp forests.

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This research was supported in part by the RONPAKU program, the Core University Program of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan (No. 192555016), and the Sumitomo Foundation.

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  1. Forest Microbiology Laboratory, Forest and Nature Conservation Research and Development Centre (FNCRDC), Ministry of Forestry, Bogor, 16610, Indonesia

    Maman Turjaman & Erdy Santoso

  2. Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-8589, Japan

    Yutaka Tamai & Mitsuru Osaki

  3. Faculty of Agriculture, University of Palangka Raya, Palangka Raya, 73112, Indonesia

    Agung Susanto, Sampang Gaman & Suwido H. Limin

  4. Faculty of Agriculture, Yamagata University, Tsuruoka, 997-8555, Japan

    Keitaro Tawaraya

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Turjaman, M., Santoso, E., Susanto, A. et al. Ectomycorrhizal fungi promote growth of Shorea balangeran in degraded peat swamp forests. Wetlands Ecol Manage 19, 331–339 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11273-011-9219-1

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