[NAFEX] my undergraduate research-mycorrhizae and grafting
Lee Reich
garden at leereich.com
Fri Oct 26 05:32:05 EDT 2007
I actually did my doctoral research investigating, among other
things, the effect of mycorrhizal inoculation on blueberries, then
went on to look at mycorrhiza on apples. Briefly, what I found is
that under field and nonsterile conditions, mycorrhizal infection is
ubiquitous and the effect of deliberate inoculation is
inconsequential. Sometimes it's even hard to prevent infection even
with sterile soil under greenhouse conditions. Other research,
however, has occasionally shown benefit of inoculations to young
plants before they are field-planted. (See, for example, work by Dr.
Doud, with the USDA). At any rate, I don't imagine that mycorrhiza
would have a specific effect on grafts beyond their effect on plant
growth.
Lee Reich, PhD
http://leereich.com/
Books by Lee Reich:
The Pruning Book
Weedless Gardening
Uncommon Fruits for Every Garden
A Northeast Gardener's Year
On Oct 25, 2007, at 11:48 PM, dmnorton at royaloakfarmorchard.com wrote:
> James,
>
> You might want to check with the guys at AgriEnergy Resources in
> Princeton, IL. We had them give us a second soil analysis in our
> soil testing this year to see how mycorrhizal treatments might
> benefit our apple trees this next year. You can find them at
> http://www.agrienergy.net/ Hope this helps!
>
>
> Dennis Norton
> Royal Oak Farm Orchard
> http://www.royaloakfarmorchard.com
> http://www.theorchardkeeper.blogspot.com
> http://www.revivalhymn.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: James G Steen
> To: North American Fruit Explorers
> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 6:57 PM
> Subject: [NAFEX] my undergraduate research-mycorrhizae and grafting
>
> NAFEXers,
>
> I'm a student at Warren Wilson college in Asheville, NC.
> A natural science seminar research project is required of all
> science majors here and I'm thinking to test the effect of
> mycorrhizal treatments on grafted potted trees (apples, pears,
> or persimmons) against a control without treatment (sterile soil
> medium). I would like to observe the success rate of the graft
> taking.
>
> Some questions I have are:
> 1.) some mycorrhizae are specie specific, which one to use?,
> 2.) where can I find a tired and true mycorrhizal inoculant
> suited to
> fruit trees, and
> 3.) where can I find standard success rates to compare with in
> peer-reviewed literature for grafting these types of fruits.
>
> Any commentary would be appreciated, especially a pointer to where
> to find good research on grafting rates for persimmons, apples, and
> pears and where to find a mycorrhizal inoculant for them.
>
> Fruit for humanity,
>
> Geoffrey Steen
> 701 warren wilson Road
> swannanoa, NC 28778
> 828 771 5842
>
>
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