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                            In forest nurseries seedlings are commonly produced using different  cultivation systems which may have a profound effect on the extent of  root colonisation by ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi and, consequently, on  subsequent performance of the outplanted seedlings under field  conditions. In this study, we compare effects of bare-root and  containerised cultivation systems on mycorrhization, establishment and  growth of nursery-produced Picea abies. One hectare experimental  plantation was established on poor fertility sandy site. In total, 1250  seedlings of each treatment were planted in rows as ten individual  replicates. The results of this study showed that production of P. abies  seedlings using containerised system can yield abundant ECM  colonisation of seedling roots and significantly improve seedling  survival in the field. Some reduction in height increment may occur  during the first years as a possible cost for support of ECMs. Study  demonstrated that selection of proper cultivation system might result in  similar or higher mycorrhization and survival rates of outplanted  seedlings than achieved by expensive and laborious artificial  mycorrhization.
                        
                
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                            Menkis,
                            Department of Forest Mycology and Pathology, Uppsala BioCenter, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, P.O. Box 7026, SE-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden
                                                        E-mail:
                                                            audrius.menkis@slu.se
                                                                                          
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                            Bakys,
                            Department of Forest Mycology and Pathology, Uppsala BioCenter, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, P.O. Box 7026, SE-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden
                                                        E-mail:
                                                            rb@nn.se
                                                                                
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                            Lygis,
                            Laboratory of Phytopathogenic Microorganisms, Institute of Botany at the Nature Research Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania
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                                                            vl@nn.lt
                                                                                
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                            Vasaitis,
                            Department of Forest Mycology and Pathology, Uppsala BioCenter, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, P.O. Box 7026, SE-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden
                                                        E-mail:
                                                            rv@nn.se