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<br /> <br />l~ <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />Table C-I. Study species and type of mycorrbizal association. <br />Common Name Association Inocuiant Type Nursery Colonization Rate <br />Serviceberry endomycorrhizal custom 100% <br />Chokecherry endomycorrhizal commercial 90% <br />Wood's Rose endomycorrhizal commercial 30% <br />Planting of the test plots occurred during September 26, 1997. Treatment lots were handled <br />sepazately in order to prevent contamination between colonized and non-colonized plants. All <br />plants were measured in the field in order to determine initial heights. <br />' Data was collected during September 1998. Data collection consisted of: <br />1) Presence/Absence (survival) <br />2) Height in centimeters <br />' 3) Vigor (subjective rating) <br />4) Root examination for colonization of fungi based upon laboratory analysis <br />' Analysis consisted of an ANOVA test to compaze treatment means. A Multiple Range Test was <br />performed to rank variables which were significantly different. <br />Resul s <br />Survival Benefits. Survival was significantly different between treatments (p=0.02). The <br />nursery inoculation treatment (99%) survived at a significantly higher rate than either the <br />mycopak treatment (79%} or the control treatment (74%}. On a per species basis: 1}nursery <br />inoculated chokecherry (96.9%) sttrvived at signiftcantly higher rates (p=0.001) than field <br />inoculated seedlings and controls; 2) nursery inoculated serviceberty (98.9%) survived at <br />significantly higher rates (p=0.05) than field inoculation (79%) and controls (74%); and 3) no <br />significant differences in survival occurred between Wood's rose with nursery inoculation <br />(100%), field inoculation (100%), and control (84.3%). Nursery inoculated plants survived at <br />higher rates in all instances. <br />19 <br />