Mycorrhizal associations of tropical legume trees in Sierra Leone, West Africa

Mohamed I. Bakarr; David P. Janos

doi:10.1016/S0378-1127(96)03866-2

Mycorrhizal associations of tropical legume trees in Sierra Leone, West Africa

Mohamed I. Bakarr, David P. Janos

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Abstract

We examined for mycorrhizae the fine roots of 27 tree species which occurred in natural forest, a forestry plantation and a reforestation site in Sierra Leone, West Africa. Twenty tree species had vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizae, nine of these in the Mimosoideae and Papilionoideae had bacterial nodules. Seven species had ectomycorrhizae, among which all six legume species are in the Caesalpinioideae. Three species of Australian Acacia used widely in reforestation in Sierra Leone had vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizae.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	89-92
Number of pages	4
Journal	Forest Ecology and Management
Volume	89
Issue number	1-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-1127(96)03866-2
State	Published - Dec 1996

Keywords

Ectomycorrhizae
Forestry plantations
Nodulation
Tropical rainforest
Vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizae

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Forestry
Ecology

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