Abstract

Mycorrhizal technology has assumed greater relevance in establishing nursery of forestry species and afforestation programme. In tropical country like India, there is a problem of Nitrogen deficiency and Phosphorous non availability especially in degraded or stressed areas. Fertilization of soil in forestry practices is not possible because of econom­ic consideration and therefore, it is necessary to make use of VAM as biofertilizer as a substitute for inorganic fertilizer. A relative effect of inorganic fertilizer and VAM inocula­tion to teak plants in agroforestry condition has been discussed in the paper and the results are encouraging.

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