@article{fdi:010040965,
  title = {{S}oil factors influencing the growth response of {A}cacia holosericea {A}. {C}unn. ex {G}. {D}on to ectomycorrhizal inoculation},
  author = {{D}uponnois, {R}obin and {K}isa, {M}arija and {P}rin, {Y}. and {D}ucousso, {M}. and {P}lenchette, {C}. and {L}epage, {M}. and {G}aliana, {A}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{A}ustralian acacias like {A}cacia holosericea are excellent candidates for the revegetation of arid zones in {A}frica. {T}heir high ability to develop multiple symbioses with soil microorganisms is crucial to their rapid development in adverse climatic and edaphic conditions. {T}hese symbioses include nitrogen fixation with rhizobia, vesicular arbuscular mycorrhization and ectomycorrhization. {W}e set up an experiment to test the growth response of {A}. holosericea to ectomycorrhizal inoculation in 13 different soils from {S}enegal. {A}fter autoclaving the soil, the experiment was conducted in a greenhouse for four weeks. {P}lants were inoculated with {P}isolithus albus strain {IR}100. {T}he following parameters were measured: plant biomass, {N}, {P}, {K} and {C}a foliar composition, spontaneous nodulation rate, and ectomycorrhizal colonization. {D}ata were analyzed in light of the physical, chemical and total microbial characteristics of the soil. {T}he results demonstrated a global promoting effect of {P}. albus inoculation on plant (shoot and root) growth and on foliar {P} and {K}, together with a depressive effect on {N}, while {C}a rates were barely affected. {I}nterestingly, spontaneous nodulation with putative water- or airborne rhizobia was stimulated after {P}. albus inoculation. {H}owever, these nodules seemed poorly effective, as they failed to cause any change in plant growth or in foliar {N} composition within the nodulated and nonnodulated control plants. {T}hese results show that plant growth response to ectomycorrhizal inoculation is greatly dependent on soil characteristics, and that root ectomycorrhizal colonization is influenced by biotic factors such as soil microbiota. {F}rom a practical point of view, data from the present study demonstrate that it is possible to optimize the effect of fungi on plant growth by screening soils under nursery conditions.},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{N}ew {F}orests},
  volume = {35},
  numero = {2},
  pages = {105--117},
  ISSN = {0169-4286},
  year = {2008},
  DOI = {10.1007/s11056-007-9066-3},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010040965},
}