<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>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.</p></abstract>

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.

Plant bio-stimulator fertilizers can be applied in integrated plant management (IPM) in forest nurseries

Forest Research Institute, Department of Forest Protection, Sękocin Stary, Braci Leśnej 3, 05-090 Raszyn, Poland

Forest Research Institute, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Sękocin Stary, Braci Leśnej 3, 05-090 Raszyn, Poland

Technical University in Białystok, Forest Faculty, Piłsudskiego 8, 17-200 Hajnówka, Poland

Folia Forestalia Polonica

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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...

Plant bio-stimulator fertilizers can be applied in integrated plant management (IPM) in forest nurseries

Published Online: Mar 07, 2016

Page range: 201 - 209

Received: Jun 16, 2015

Accepted: Nov 25, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ffp-2015-0020

Keywords
pesticide, Actifos, saplings, seedlings, nurseries

© 2015 Miłosz Tkaczyk et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Plant bio-stimulator fertilizers can be applied in integrated plant management (IPM) in forest nurseries

Published Online: Mar 07, 2016

Page range: 201 - 209

Received: Jun 16, 2015

Accepted: Nov 25, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ffp-2015-0020

Keywordspesticide, Actifos, saplings, seedlings, nurseries

© 2015 Miłosz Tkaczyk et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
pesticide, Actifos, saplings, seedlings, nurseries