Seedling ectomycorrhization is central to conifer forest restoration: a case study from Kashmir Himalaya.

ABSTRACT: Over the past few decades, many countries have attempted to carry out forest landscape restoration over millions of hectares of degraded land. Such efforts, however, have met with limited success because of several factors, including a lack of adequate emphasis on ectomycorrhization of the nursery seedlings. A similar scenario is seen in the Kashmir Himalaya, where the natural regeneration of degraded forests is poor despite ample restoration efforts by forest managers. To overcome this challenge, we identified two promising ectomycorrhizal species, namely Clitocybe nuda and Cortinarius distans, for their use in ectomycorrhization of seedlings of three common conifers, namely Abies pindrow, Cedrus deodara, and Picea smithiana. Laboratory studies were carried out to investigate the requirem

SUBMITTER: Assad R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9349292 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature