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Ectomycorrhizal inoculation fails to improve performance of Sitka spruce seedlings on clearcuts in southeastern Alaska
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Ectomycorrhizal inoculation fails to improve performance of Sitka spruce seedlings on clearcuts in southeastern Alaska

E M Loopstra, C G Shaw Iii and Roy C Sidle
Western Journal of Applied Forestry, Vol.3(4), pp.110-112
1988
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Sitka spruce seedlings
Hebeloma crustuliniforme, Laccaria laccata and Cenococcum geophilum were established as ectomycorrhizae on container-grown Picea sitchensis seedlings that, along with noninoculated controls, were planted in rotten wood, exposed mineral soil, and undisturbed duff on a recently clearcut site. Data support earlier indications that prior colonization by these fungi provides little benefit to outplanted Sitka spruce seedlings on various microsites in SE Alaska clearcuttings. -from Authors

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