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Southern hemisphere botanical ecosystems
RESEARCH ARTICLE

Phosphorus Uptake and Growth of Mycorrhizal and Uninfected Seedlings of Eucalyptus calophylla R. Br

N Malajczuk, AJ Mccomb and JF Loneragan

Australian Journal of Botany 23(2) 231 - 238
Published: 1975

Abstract

Seedlings of Eucalyptus calophylla inoculated with a sample of unsterilized lateritic soil and raised on partially sterilized sand formed abundant ectotrophic mycorrhizas. They absorbed more phosphorus at a lower level of applied soil phosphate than did seedlings raised identically but inoculated with sterilized soil. It is concluded that mycorrhizas have an important role in phosphorus uptake by Eucalyptus.

https://doi.org/10.1071/BT9750231

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