Frankia and Actinorhizal Plants

Studies of an effective strain of Frankia from Allocasuarina lehmanniana of the Casuarinaceae.- In vitro production of specialized reproductive torulose hyphae by Frankia strain ORS 021001 isolated from Casuarina junghuhniana root nodules.- Characterization and infectivity of a spontaneous variant isolated from Frankia sp. WEY 0131391.- Restriction pattern analysis of genomic DNA of Frankia isolates.- Restriction enzyme digestion patterns of Frankia plasmids.- Host range of Frankia endophytes.- Preinfection events in the establishment of Alnus-Frankia symbiosis: Development of a spot inoculation technique.- Effect of juglone on growth in vitro of Frankia isolates and nodulation of Alnus glutinosa in soil.- Nitrogen fixation and respiration by root nodules of Alnus rubra Bong.: Effects of temperature and oxygen concentration.- Effect of spring flooding on endophyte differentiation, nitrogenase activity, root growth and shoot growth in Myrica gale.- Performance of in vitro propagated Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertn. clones inoculated with Frankiae.- Variation in response among three Alnus spp. clones to progressive water stress.- In vitro propagation and nodulation by Frankia of actinorhizal Russian Olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia L.).- Inoculation and production of container-grown red alder seedlings.- Seed germination, seedling inoculation and establishment of Alnus spp. in containers in greenhouse trials.- Large scale inoculation of actinorhizal plants with Frankia.- Biomass production by alders on four abandoned agricultural soils in Québec.- Nitrogen cycling in dense plantings of hybrid poplar and black alder.