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The role of Frankia inoculation in casuarina plantations in China

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Casuarina trees are planted along the coast from Hainan province in South China to the Zhoushan Islands of Zhejiang province in Southeastern China. Three key species, Casuarina equisetifolia, Casuarina cunninghamiana and Casuarina glauca, are used as windbreaks, in agroforestry systems, and for the production of timber and fuel wood. Frankia have been studied in China since 1984. Today, Frankia research fields are very wide, and cover morphology, physiology and genetic diversity, and the application of inocula for specific purposes on poor quality sites. In this paper, we review the role of Frankia inoculations in nurseries and casuarina plantations in China and discuss the benefits of inoculation.

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This work was supported by A Specific Program for National Non-profit Scientific Institutions (CAFYBB2018ZB003), Forestry Science and Technology Innovation Project of Guangdong (2014KJCX017), National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC No. 31470634), and the CAF International Cooperation Innovation Project. Special thanks to Mr Khongsak Pinyopusarerk (CSIRO Australian Tree Seed centre) for improving the use of English in the manuscript.

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  1. Research Institute of Tropical Forestry (RITF), Chinese Academy of Forestry (CAF), No. 682 Guang Shan Yi Road, Guangzhou, 510520, China

    Chonglu Zhong, Yong Zhang, Yongcheng Wei, Jingxiang Meng & Yu Chen

  2. CSIRO Australian Tree Seed Centre, GPO Box 1600, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia

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  3. Equipe Rhizogénèse, UMR DIADE, IRD (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement), 911 Avenue Agropolis, BP 64501, 34394, Montpellier Cedex 5, France

    Didier Bogusz & Claudine Franche

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Chonglu Zhong: Responsible for design and overall conduct of the paper, data collection, and preparation of the manuscript, funding acquisition, supervision, and so on. Yong Zhang: reference data collection and curation, formal analysis. Yongcheng Wei, Jingxiang Meng: reference data collection and curation. Yu Chen: reference data collection. David Bush: review and editing of the manuscript. Didier Bogusz: review of the manuscript. Claudine Franche: review and editing of the manuscript.

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Zhong, C., Zhang, Y., Wei, Y. et al. The role of Frankia inoculation in casuarina plantations in China. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 112, 47–56 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10482-018-1205-7

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