ISHS Acta Horticulturae 525: International Conference on Integrated Fruit Production
THE USE OF MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI IN THE GROWING OF BLUEBERRY PLANTS (VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM L.) |
| Authors: | D. Koron, N. Gogala |
| Keywords: | highbush blueberry, ericoid mycorrhiza, transplanting, growth of shoots |
| Abstract:
Highbush blueberries and fungi in natural and arable soil are able to establish ericoid mycorrhizal symbiosis between them. One-year-old plants of the varieties Jersey and Blueray were inoculated with the fungi Oidiodendron rhodogenum and Oidiodendron griseum, which had been isolated from the roots of a highbush blueberry plant growing in a marshy area. Mycorrhizal inoculum grew on vermiculite and peat soaked with a liquid nutrient medium. Inoculum was added to the plants during the first transplantation. The influence of the fungi on nitrogen and phosphorus absorption, on the protection against pathogenic micro-organisms and on tolerance to stress situations, was shown by better growth and branching of shoots, larger leaf area and leaf dry matter. | |
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