Plant bio-stimulator fertilizers can be applied in integrated plant management (IPM) in forest nurseries
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DOI 10.1515-ffp-2015-0020.pdf (1.42 MB)
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2015-11-15
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Instytut Badawczy Lesnictwa (Forest Research Institute), Komitet Nauk Lesnych PAN (The Committee on Forestry Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences)
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In the circumstances of only a limited number of pesticides being approved for use in forest nurseries, it is necessary to also examine the efficacy of new products available on the European market that stimulate growth and improve resilience and vitality among seedlings and saplings, with a view to the application of these products forming part of an integrated programme of plant protection. This paper describes trials of the three commercially available fertilizer products Actifos, Zielony Busz and Effective Microorganisms (EM), as carried out in seven Polish nurseries in an attempt to promote the growth of shoots and root systems of seedlings and saplings. In 64% of cases of it being used, Actifos was shown to stimulate growth significantly beyond control levels in the shoots of oak, beech, pine, spruce and alder saplings as well as the roots of young alders and oaks.