Effect of Ectomycorrhizal Symbiosis on the Growth and Physiology of Quercus castaneifolia C. A. Mey. Plantlets

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1 Ph.D. graduate, Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University & Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agriculture Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran

2 Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, Faulty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

3 Associate Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, Faulty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

4 Assistant Professor, Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agriculture Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Chestnut leaved oak (Quercus castaneifolia C. A. Mey) is one of the most important industrial trees in northern forests of Iran which has been destructed due to severe exploitation. In order to improving of early growth, planting survival and forest work, the induced mycorrhizal symbiosis (artificial) via plantlet inoculation with selected fungal isolates has been introduced as an efficient method, eco-friendly and alternative to chemical fertilizers or other soil improvement treatments. In this study, ectomycorrhizal symbiosis was established in vitro on plantlets of Quercus castaneifolia to evaluate the influence of the fungus Hebeloma sinapizans (Fr.) Sacc  on growing and physiological characteristics of treated  plantlets. Oak plantlets were propagated by tissue culture, and then symbiosis was established with fungus Hebeloma sinapizans (Fr.) Sacc. Physiological and growth characteristics as well as water status of inoculated plants were measured. Compared with control plantlets, a significant increase in biomass, area and chlorophyll content of leaf, stem biomass as well as water content of plantlets was observed in treated plantlets.   The findings of this investigation showed that ectomycorrhizal symbiosis establishing can be introduced as a promising approach to increase success of planting in forest vivification programs.

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  • Receive Date: 22 September 2015
  • Revise Date: 19 March 2016
  • Accept Date: 01 March 2016

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