Objective TO INVESTIGATE THE INTERACTIONS IN THE RHIZOSPHERE BETWEEN MYCORRHIZAL AND RHIZOSPHERIC FUNGI THAT LEAD TO ENHANCED NITROGEN AVAILABILITY AND GROWTH OF SPRUCE IN MIXED AS COMPARED TO PURE STANDS. THE STUDY IN MIXED STANDS (PICEA SITCHENSIS WITH LARIX SPP, PINUS SYLVESTRIS, PINUS CONTORTA) IS AIMED AT PROVIDING ANSWERS TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: - DOES THE MYCORRHIZAL ASSOCIATION OF THE SECONDARY SPECIES ASSIST IN THE FORMATION OR FUNCTIONING OF SPRUCE MYCORRHIZAS ? - IF THE EFFECT IS THROUGH THE MYCORRHIZAS, WHY IS THE SPRUCE UNABLE TO FORM A PROPERLY FUNCTIONING MYCORRHIZAL RELATIONSHIP WHEN PLANTED PURE ? THE ABILITY TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS IS RELEVANT NOT ONLY TO THE PARTICULAR MIXTURE STUDIED BUT ALSO TO THE WIDER MATTER OF THE INTER-RELATION BETWEEN TREES IN MIXED STANDS. SUCH KNOWLEDGE WOULD ENABLE FORESTERS TO MAXIMISE BOTH PRODUCTIVITY AND ECOLOGICAL STABILITY THROUGH INFORMED MANIPULATION OF MIXED SPECIES WOODLANDS, SO ENSURING HIGH AND CONTINUED PRODUCTIVITY FROM EUROPE'S FOREST RESOURCES. THE WORK WILL CENTRE ON: - INSTALLATION OF FIELD EQUIPMENT; - PRODUCTION OF PLANTS FOR GREEN HOUSE EXPERIMENT; - ANALYSIS OF MYCORRHIZAL POPULATIONS; - BIOASSAY OF MYCORRHIZAL INFECTION BY OUPLANTED SEEDLINGS; - COLLECTION OF MYCORRHIZAL SPOROCARPS; - N-MOVEMENT STUDIES - DATA ANALYSIS AND REPORTING. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdata sciencenatural sciencesbiological sciencesmicrobiologymycologyagricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesforestrysilviculturesocial scienceseconomics and businesseconomicsproduction economicsproductivity Programme(s) FP1-RAWMAT 3C - Research programme (EEC) on materials (raw materials and advanced materials), 1986-1989 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator THE UNIVERSITY OF TUEBINGEN Address Wilhelmstrasse 5 72074 Tuebingen Germany See on map EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (3) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all FOREST & WILDLIFE SERVICE Ireland EU contribution € 0,00 Address See on map UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Ireland EU contribution € 0,00 Address Belfield See on map University of Aberdeen United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Regent walk AB9 1FX Aberdeen See on map
