Influence of Formadehyde Fumigation and Fytolan Drench on the Vesicular-Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Status of Some Forest Tree Seedlings in an Indian Nursery

Abstract

Mismanagement of forests resulting from uncontrolled fires unsustainable commercial logging or overgrazing, and the harmful effects of airborne pollutants can result in degradation of soil and water resources, loss of wildlife and biological diversity, aggravation of global warming, and climate change. Hence, many countries have launched massive plantation programmes either through afforestation or reforestation. For plantation programmes, good quality seedlings with high trasplant survival and field performance are needed.