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A field experiment was carried out to evaluate the growth response of Pinus halepensis seedlings inoculated with Pisolithus arhizus and planted in a terraced rangeland amended with urban solid refuse. The application of the organic amendment mediated a significant increase in soil fertility and soil water content. Twenty seven months after planting seedling survival rates did not differ significantly among treatments and were above 95% in all cases. Growth of P. halepensis was significantly (p<0.01) enhanced by the refuse application independently of their mycorrhizal status at the beginning of the experiment. A multiple regression analysis including available soil P concentration and sorptivity as independent variables explained up to 60% of the variance in pine growth observed across treatments. Inoculation with P. arhizus also significantly (p<0.01) enhanced pine growth with repect to the controls grown in both amended and nonamended plots. It was conduded that the combination of soil terracing, refuse amendment and P. arhizus inoculation significantly improved the performance of Pinus halepensis, and this methodology could be successfully applied in afforestation programmes in semiarid and degraded sites.
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Roldan, A., Querejeta, I., Albaladejo, J. et al. Growth response of Pinus halepensis to inoculation with Pisolithus arhizus in a terraced rangeland amended with urban refuse. Plant Soil 179, 35–43 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00011640
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