| Name of article: | Účinky aplikácie komerčných stimulačných prípravkov na prežívanie, rastové a fyziologické parametre výsadby smreka obyčajného a buka lesného |
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| Number: | 2 |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Author: | Ivan Repáč, Jaroslav Kmeť, Jaroslav Vencurik, Miroslav Balanda |
Four-year-old bareroot Norway spruce and European beech seedlings were outplanted on planting site in the Kremnické vrchy Mts. (Central Slovakia) in spring 2010. In addition to untreated control, commercial mycorrhizal products Ectovit and Mycorrhizaroots or hydrogel Stockosorb were applied into root system of outplanted seedlings. After the second growing season, survival percentage ranged from 81 (control) to 89 (Ectovit and Stockosorb treatments) in spruce, and from 61 (Ectovit) to 79 (control and Stockosorb) in beech experiments. About 15% of survived seedlings were damaged; spruce most frequently by game browsing, while dry leading shoot was prevalent in beech. The used products had no significant effect on seedling growth. Chemical soil and photosynthetic apparatus analyses and measuring of parameters of photosynthetic activity of seedlings revealed differences between control and commercial additive treatments. Application of the additives increased nutrient content in photosynthetic apparatus of seedlings; however, photosynthetic activity was higher in control than treated seedlings.
