Mycorrhizal Associates of Pinus patula in South Africa

1 March 1975

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in South African Forestry Journal

Vol. 92 (1) , 13-16
https://doi.org/10.1080/00382167.1975.9629351

Abstract

The importance of mycorrhizal effects in the silvicultural industry is often overlooked. The mycorrhizal phenomenon will play an increasing important role in the production of timber in this country. Various effects of mycorrhizal infection on the growth and survival of Pinus patula Schlecht. & Cham. were investigated under controlled (greenhouse) conditions. It was found that mycorrhizal infection was essential to the growth and survival of P. patula seedlings in that it enhanced the phosphate uptake of the plants allowing them to grow normally and acted as biological deterrents to the root pathogen Phytophthora cin-namomi Rands by protecting the unsuberized roots from infection. An extensive survey provided evidence of the association of Boletus edulis Bull, ex Fr., Amanita muscaria (L. ex Fr.) Pers. ex Hooker and a Lycoperdon Tuber sp. with the roots of Pinus patula.

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Role of Mycorrhizae in Root Disease
Annual Review of Phytopathology, 1964