RHIZANOVA™

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RHIZANOVA

• Tree Transplant
• Tree Injectable
• Pt Injectable
• Flower and Palm Rx

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Benefits of Mycorrhizae

• Root absorptive area increased
• greater area for nutrient uptake
• increased water absorption
• Fungi solubilize and mobilize nutrients
• phosphorous uptake enhanced
• otherwise, insoluble forms often unavailable to
  plant
• Improved fitness
• essential for nutritionally and/or moisture
  deficient areas
• healthy plant more able to grow, reproduce,
  resist or tolerate diseases, drought stress, etc.
• non-mycorrhizal plants usually dont survive

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Benefits of Mycorrhizae contd

• Mantles formed by EM provide physical barriers to
  pathogens
• Excreted metabolites improve soil structure
• by-product of solubilization of minerals

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Mycorrhizae increase root absorptive area
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Benefits of Mycorrhizae
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Types of Mycorrhizae

• Ectomycorrhizae (Ecto)
• fungi grow between root cortical cells produce a
  sheath (mantle) covering the root surface
• on trees and shrubs
• all conifers, also oak, hickory, chestnut, birch,
  beech, basswood, pecan, Eucalyptus
• some fungi produce mushrooms, puffballs
• Pisolithus tinctorius (PT)

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Thelephoroid ectomycorrhizae on Douglas-fir
Yellowish fungal mantle covers roots
Ecto species
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Bisected puffball of Pisolithus tinctorius
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Types of Mycorrhizae contd

• Endomycorrhizae (sometimes called vesicular-
  arbuscular mycorrhizae(VAM)
• fungi grow within root cortical cells produce
  arbuscules within cells, often vesicles
• not all produce vesicles, but all produce
  arbuscules
• on deciduous trees and shrubs and herbaceous
  plants
• maple, sycamore, elm, etc. also flowers,
  grasses, etc.
• No above ground fungal structures
• Glomus spp.

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Simplified anatomy of an arbuscular mycorrhiza.
M. Brundrett, L. Melville, and L. Peterson (1994)
"Practical Methods in MycorrhizaResearch"
(Mycologue Publications).
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Vescicles of Glomus intraradices
hyphae
root
Endo species
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Scutellospora erythropa extraradical hyphae
hyphae
Endo species
spores
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Glomus mosseae arbuscule in leek root cortex cell
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Mycorrhizal preferences

• Endomycorrhizae
• herbaceous plant species
• non-woody agricultural crops, turf, ornamentals
• Ectomycorrhizae
• Trees (particularly conifers), woody shrubs
• Both
• Trees and woody shrubs (particularly broad leaf)

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Mycorrhizal preferences

• Endomycorrhizae
• Acacia, Ash, Bay, Boxelder, Buckeye, Cedar,
  Chokeberry, Cherry, Cottonwood, Crabapple,
  Cypress, Dogwood, Elm, Ginkgo, Gum, Hackberry,
  Hawthorn, Holly, Horsechestnut, Juniper,Locust,
  Magnolia, Mesquite, Mimosa, Mulberry, Palm,
  Persimmon, Poplar, Redbud, Redwood, Russian
  Olive, Serviceberry, Sumac, Sycamore, Tupelo,
  Walnut, Yew
• Ectomycorrhizae
• Alder, Arborvitae, Aspen, Basswood, Beech, Birch,
  Chestnut, Fir, Hemlock, Hickory, Larch, Linden,
  Oak, Pecan, Pine, Spruce
• Both
• Eucalyptus, Willow, Poplar

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Distribution of Mycorrhizal Fungi

• Naturally present in most native soils
• most plants and trees, have co-evolved with
  mycorrhizal fungi
• associations are the rule, not the exception
• Absent or poorly distributed in artificial or
  disturbed soils
• plants can fail if mycorrhizae do not establish

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Distribution of Mycorrizal Fungi contd

• All soils not the same
• inoculum potential varies
• may not be sufficient to allow successful plant
  establishment
• species distribution varies
• those present may be ineffective on non-native
  species

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Mycorrhizal Inoculants

• Ecto fungi long used by forest industry
• pine seedling establishment
• Commercial Endo inoculants relatively new
• most plants are mycorrhizal
• non-coniferous plants primarily support Endo
• benefits extended to greater range of plants
• association essential for success

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Inoculation strategies

• Transplants
• non-native introductions
• areas with significant soil disturbance
• scraped, top soil removed
• nutritionally poor, drought prone areas
• Plants growing poorly due to environmental
  stresses
• soil compaction

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Influence of fungicides on mycorrhizal fungi

• Normal usage rates and application methods
  (spray) normally has no effect on mycorrhizal
  fungi
• metabolized by soil microbes
• Drenches/Soil Injection could have detrimental
  effects
• Systemics mostly transported upwards in plant and
  not to roots.
• General rule avoid use of fungicides 2 - 3 weeks
  before and after inoculation
• toxic Carbamates (Maneb, Zineb), PCNB,
  Chlorothalonil (Daconil, Bravo), Triazoles
  (Bayleton), Benomyl (Benlate)
• non-toxic Signature, Captan, Carbendazim,
  Metalaxyl (Ridomil, Subdue)

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Advantages of Rhizanova

• Emphasis on quality and quantity of inoculum
• Becker-Underwood an ISO 9001 registered company
• The only certified inoculum in the industry
• Species selected for effectiveness for the
  broadest range of plants
• No unnecessary amendments
• some amendments can be detrimental
• phosphorous fertilizers at high rates

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Mycorrhizal colonization of Ponderosa pine roots
by Becker-Underwood Tree Transplant and Tree Root
Dip inoculants in tests conducted by Mycorrhizal
Applications, Grants Pass, OR in 1998.
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RHIZANOVA Tree Transplant

• Packaging 3 oz. Foil Pack 130 Packs/pail or
• 25 lb. bulk pail w/scoop
• Contains Endo Ecto Superabsorbent
  Polymer Humic Acid
• Rates 3 oz. per 1 foot diameter root ball
• Benefits Double the Endo spore count vs. the
  competition 25 higher Ecto spore count vs. the
  competition Same price

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RHIZANOVA Tree Injectable

• Packaging 6 oz. WSP 16 WSPs/case
• Contains Endo Ecto Humic Acid Surfactant
• Rates 6 oz. WSP per 100 gallons Inject 1/2 gal.
  on 2.5 ft. grid pattern within drip line
• Benefits 7.5 more spores for the same price as
  the competition

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RHIZANOVA Pt Injectable

• Packaging 6 oz. WSP 16 WSPs/case
• Contains Ecto Humic Acid Surfactants
• Rates 6 oz. WSP per 100 gallons Inject 1/2 gal.
  on 2.5 ft. grid pattern within drip line
• Benefits Equal the spore count for 15 less than
  the price of the competition

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RHIZANOVA Flower and Palm Rx

• Packaging 4 x 6 lb. pail or 30 lb. pail
• Contains Endo Superabsorbent Polymer Humic
  Acid Organic Fertilizer
• Rates Flowers - ½ oz. per foot of row
  or 3 lbs. per 100 sq. ft.
• Palms - 3 oz. Per 3 ft. of gray wood
• or per 5 gallon container
• Benefits Increased color and blooms

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