Intervention effectmodel-written summary

A 1:0 mycorrhizal to ordinary soil ratio produced the highest seedling height, diameter, survival and colonisation.

A claim from Growth and Survival of Pinus Seedlings as Influenced by Different Mycorrhizae and Ordinary Soil Ratios in a Nursery · 2014

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

A 1:0 mycorrhizal to ordinary soil ratio produced the highest seedling height, diameter, survival and colonisation.

Taxon
PinusPinust0
Treatment
soil ratio of 1:0 (mycorrhizae to ordinary soils)e0
Interactor
mycorrhizaee0symbiont
Outcome
mean height, root collar diameter, survival rate and root colonisatione0
Direction
higheste0
Comparator
other treatmentse0

Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleSettingValueQualifier

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Pinus
Pinus · Taxon · picture of the genus (one of its species)Forest Service Northern Region from Missoula, MT, USA · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

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“The treatment of soil ratio of 1:0 (mycorrhizae to ordinary soils) had the highest mean height, root collar diameter, survival rate and root colonisation than the other treatments.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 723–903
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“Pinus Seedlings”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 23–38

Title

Growth and Survival of Pinus Seedlings as Influenced by Different Mycorrhizae and Ordinary Soil Ratios in a Nursery

Edward Missanjo Gift KamangaThole Journal of Biodiversity Management & Forestry 2014. doi:10.4172/2327-4417.1000123

Other claims from this paper (2)

Record rev-65a2d61c7f8a80786d5cb6f943ec9dc9568bdb4425b1aeef8fa491077e5d4e93 · schema claims-v0.9 · position 2 in the model’s answer

mycorrhiza · growth · PinusPositive and negative results

9 papers: 8 positive, 1 negative or no effect

7 papers in the same direction as this claim · 1 in the opposite direction

  1. no effect
    Most Pinus species showed no seedling growth response to ectomycorrhizal inoculation until 6 months old.

    Invasive trees rely more on mycorrhizas, countering the ideal‐weed hypothesis · 2021

    Opposite direction

  2. positive
    Mycorrhizal seedlings achieved greater biomass than non-mycorrhizal seedlings.

    Waiting for fungi: the ectomycorrhizal invasion of lowland heathlands · 2009 · compared with non‐mycorrhizal seedlings

    Same direction

  3. positive
    Co-inoculation with M. extorquens and ECM fungi improved pine seedling growth beyond single ECM inoculation.

    Interaction with ectomycorrhizal fungi and endophytic Methylobacterium affects nutrient uptake and growth of pine seedlings in vitro · 2014 · compared with single ECM inoculation

    Same direction

  4. positive
    Pine seedlings in prairie soil failed to grow normally unless supplied with mycorrhizal fungi.

    The Role of Mycorrhizae in Afforestation · 1936 · compared with except when artificially provided with mycorrhizal fungi

    Same direction

  5. positive
    ECM fungal inoculation improved pine shoot growth in polluted soil.

    Effects of Pisolithus tinctorius and Cenococcum geophilum inoculation on pine in copper-contaminated soil to enhance phytoremediation · 2016

    Same direction

  6. positive
    Seedlings with P. tinctorius mycorrhizae had greater height, stem diameter and seedling volume than seedlings with L. laccata mycorrhizae or noninoculated seedlings.

    Survival and growth of pines with specific ectomycorrhizae after 3 years on a highly eroded site · 1986 · compared with seedlings with L. laccata mycorrhizae and noninoculated seedlings

    Same direction

  7. positive
    Fungal inoculation at planting increased pine seed germination percentage.

    Effects of Ectomycorrhizal Fungi on Germination and Growth of Pines · 2007

    Same direction

  8. positive
    Mycorrhizal inoculation increased pine height.

    The impact of endogenous and exogenous fungi in saline-alkali soil on the growth and root system of pine trees · 2025

    Same direction

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Claims are grouped by organism, treatment and what was measured or targeted. A paper counts as positive when any of its claims in the group is positive.