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Growth characteristics of ectomycorrhizal seedlings of Quercus glauca, Quercus salicina, and Castanopsis cuspidata planted on acidic soil

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Seedlings of three Fagaceae species planted on acidic, infertile colluvial soil showed accelerated growth when inoculated with ectomycorrhizal fungi.

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We conducted a study with seedlings of Fagaceae species inoculated with ectomycorrhizal fungi to estimate their utility for growth in acidic soil conditions. We selected Quercus glauca, Quercus salicina and Castanopsis cuspidata as typical evergreen, broad-leaved, woody species of southwestern Japan. Seedlings were inoculated with Astraeus hygrometricus or Scleroderma citrinum, and planted in acidic, infertile colluvial soil collected from an abandoned site. Six months after planting, seedlings of the three species inoculated with A. hygrometricus were growing well, especially, Q. salicina. The growth of seedlings inoculated with S. citrinum was inferior to seedlings inoculated with A. hygrometricus. In contrast, seedlings without ectomycorrhizal fungi did not grow well. Differences in growth among the three types of seedlings were related to differences in the levels of nutrient acquisition. We concluded that Fagaceae seedlings inoculated with A. hygrometricus were best suited for acidic, infertile environments.

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Acknowledgments

We thank researchers at Kyushu Research Center, FFPRI for their encouragement. For the collection of ECM fungi, we also thank Dr. Y. Matsuda for his corporation. We thank Ms. N Aoki for assistance with the phytotron experiment. Moreover, we thank Ms. Y. Narimatsu and T. Kokuryo for analysis of Fagaceae seedlings. For analysis of the concentration of Al using an ICP analyzer, we are grateful to Dr. H. Kubotera, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization. Thanks are due to Dr. K. Fukuzawa, Northern Forestry Research and Development Office, FSC, Hokkaido University for soil analysis. This research was supported by funding from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery (Research and Development Projects for Application in Promoting New Policy of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery, No. 1904: Development of Regeneration Technology for Leading Artificial Coniferous Forest to Broad-Leaf Forests).

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The source support for this study is a non-profit organization (Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery). We declare that our research has no conflict of interest.

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Kayama, M., Yamanaka, T. Growth characteristics of ectomycorrhizal seedlings of Quercus glauca, Quercus salicina, and Castanopsis cuspidata planted on acidic soil. Trees 28, 569–583 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00468-013-0973-y

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