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  • From: Douglas Woodard <dwoodard@becon.org>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] my undergraduate research-mycorrhizae and grafting
  • Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:21:30 -0400

James, a good place to check for previous work or useful information might be the Proceedings of the International Plant Propagators' Society. See

http://www.ipps.org

Also, the society might be interested in your topic and might be able to suggest one or more advisors.

Doug Woodard
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada


James G Steen wrote:
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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