@article{fdi:010037822,
  title = {{U}se of mycorrhizal inoculation to improve reafforestation process with {A}ustralian {A}cacia in {S}ahelian ecozones},
  author = {{D}uponnois, {R}obin and {P}lenchette, {C}. and {P}rin, {Y}. and {D}ucousso, {M}. and {K}isa, {M}arija and {B}a, {A}. {M}. and {G}aliana, {A}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of the mycorrhizal inoculation on the early development of {A}ustralian acacias in a dry tropical environment. {F}ield experiments were carried out with an {A}ustralian {A}cacia species ({A}cacia holosericea) and four fungal strains were tested: an arbuscular mycorrhizal ({AM}) fungus ({G}lomus intraradices) and three ectomycorrhizal isolates belonging to the {P}isolithus and {S}cleroderma genera. {M}ycorrhizal inoculation has significantly enhanced the growth of {A}. holosericea seedlings after 4 months of culturing in the greenhouse conditions in a disinfected soil. {M}ycorrhized and non-mycorrhized (control) plants were then transferred into the field. one of the experiments ({E}xperiment {EC}5) was used to determine allometric relations based on stem diameter by destructive sampling. {T}wo forms of biomass equations were generated and compared: (i) form {I} equation incorporated only stem diameter as the independent variable and form 2 equation incorporated stem diameter and height (product of square of stem diameter and height, ({DH})-{H}-2) as the independent variables. {A}s no distinctive advantage of one form over the other was recorded, simplest equation ({E}q. (1)) was used for above-ground biomass calculations. {M}ycorrhizal inoculations with one {P}isolithus isolate ({P}. albus {IR}100) or {G}. intraradices have significantly improved the growth of {A}. holosericea after 18 months as well as after 30 months of plantation. {T}hese results show that mycorrhizal inoculation could be of great relevance to improvement of the reafforestation process of degraded soils with leguminous fast growing trees, more particularly in {S}ahelian ecozones.},
  keywords = {{A}ustralian {A}cacia ; allometric relation ; field experiments ; mycorrhizal symbiosis},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{E}cological {E}ngineering},
  volume = {29},
  numero = {1},
  pages = {105--112},
  ISSN = {0925-8574},
  year = {2007},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.ecoleng.2006.09.008},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010037822},
}