Tree Root Systems and Their Mycorrhizas

Front Matter....Pages I-IX
Researching the potential of forest tree mycorrhizae....Pages 1-8
Fine roots and sheathing mycorrhizas: their formation, function and dynamics....Pages 9-21
The growth, activity and distribution of the fruit tree root system....Pages 23-35
Root development and configuration in intensively managed radiata pine plantations....Pages 37-47
Effects of N fertilisation on populations of fine roots and mycorrhizas in spruce humus....Pages 49-53
Seasonal variation of growth and development of the roots of five second year conifer species in the nursery....Pages 55-62
Root distribution of four Vitis cultivars....Pages 63-74
Root turnover and productivity of coniferous forests....Pages 75-85
The distribution and productivity of fine roots in boreal forests....Pages 87-101
Root development and plantation establishment success....Pages 103-110
Root Growth Capacity: Relationship with Field Root Growth and Performance in Outplanted Jack Pine and Black Spruce....Pages 111-122
Effect of restricted watering and its combination with root pruning on root growth capacity, water status and food reserves of Pinus caribaea var. hondurensis seedlings....Pages 123-129
Morphogénèse des systèmes racinaires des semis et boutures de chêne pédonculè....Pages 131-146
Some aspects of the development of the endodermis and cortex of Tilia cordata and Picea sitchensis ....Pages 147-153
When is the structural root system determined in Sitka spruce?....Pages 155-160
Differences between stem and root thickening at their junction in red pine....Pages 161-166
The development of root systems analysed by growth rings....Pages 167-170
Root architecture and tree stability....Pages 171-188
Modelling root structure and stability....Pages 189-195
The physiology of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal roots....Pages 197-209
Role of the host-arbuscule interface in the VA mycorrhizal symbiosis: ultracytological studies of processes involved in phosphate and carbohydrate exchange....Pages 211-215
Studies of VA mycorrhizae in vitro : mycorrhizal synthesis of axenically propagated wild cherry ( Prunus avium L.) plants....Pages 217-221
The development of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal infection in plant root systems....Pages 223-246
The concept of succession in relation to the spread of sheathing mycorrhizal fungi on inoculated tree seedlings growing in unsterile soils....Pages 247-256
Sequences and interactions of mycorrhizal fungi on birch....Pages 257-262
Succession of mycorrhizal fungi on birch: infection of seedlings planted around mature trees....Pages 263-267
Role of basidiospores as inocula of mycorrhizal fungi of birch....Pages 269-273
Methods for synthesizing ectomycorrhizas and their effect on mycorrhizal development....Pages 275-284
Apical meristems in mycorrhizal and uninfected roots of Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull....Pages 285-291
Responses of pine roots to E-strain ectendomycorrhizal fungi....Pages 293-297
Role of Laccaria laccata in protecting primary roots of Douglas-fir from root rot....Pages 299-302
Premiers résultats de recherches sur la compétitivité des champignons ectomycorhiziens....Pages 303-308
Ecto- and endomycorrhizal fungus associations with Quercus imbricaria L.....Pages 309-312
Effect of mycorrhizal inocula on the growth of Sitka spruce seedlings in different soils....Pages 313-317
Changes in the mycorrhizal status of Sitka spruce following outplanting....Pages 319-323
Inoculation of pines in a nursery with Pisolithus tinctorius and Thelephora terrestris in Korea....Pages 325-329
The influence of mixed inocula on endomycorrhizal development....Pages 331-337
Growth and survival of container-grown Pinus caribaea infected with various ectomycorrhizal fungi....Pages 339-344
Influence of ectomycorrhizae on infectivity of Pythium-infested soils and substrates....Pages 345-351
Effect of pesticides on ectomycorrhizae of Pinus sylvestris seedlings....Pages 353-361
Mycorrhiza in some plant desert species in Algeria....Pages 363-366
Environmental factors determining the distribution of Suillus luteus fructifications in Pinus radiata grazing-forest plantations....Pages 367-370
Nutrient inflows into apple roots....Pages 371-380
Phosphorus absorption ( 32 P) by apple trees under drip irrigation as influenced by the physical properties of the soil....Pages 381-385
Responses of loblolly pine (mesophyte) and swamp tupelo (hydrophyte) seedlings to soil flooding and phosphorus....Pages 387-394
Root surface/leaf area ratios in arctic dwarf shrubs....Pages 395-399
Nutrient reserves in roots of fruit trees, in particular carbohydrates and nitrogen....Pages 401-413
Nitrogen nutrition, photosynthesis and carbon allocation in ectomycorrhizal pine....Pages 415-431
The structure and function of mycelial systems of ectomycorrhizal roots with special reference to their role in forming inter-plant connections and providing pathways for assimilate and water transport....Pages 433-443
Effects of ammonium and nitrate on growth and nitrogen uptake by mycorrhizal Douglas-fir seedlings....Pages 445-454
Phosphatase production by mycorrhizal fungi....Pages 455-462
Increased uptake of anions by plants with vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizas....Pages 463-467
Phosphorus-31 nuclear magnetic resonance study of polyphosphate metabolism in intact ectomycorrhizal fungi....Pages 469-476
Root growth and litter decomposition in a coffee plantation under shade trees....Pages 477-486
Growth and spatial distribution of nutrient-absorbing organs: selective exploitation of soil heterogeneity....Pages 487-493
Rooting of Sitka spruce cuttings from hedges, and after chilling....Pages 495-499
Influence of auxin and mycorrhizal fungi on the in vitro formation and growth of Pinus pinaster roots....Pages 501-505
A note on modelling methods for studies of ectomycorrhizal systems....Pages 507-512
An overview of the meeting....Pages 513-515
Back Matter....Pages 517-525