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Effect of Mycorrhizal Inoculation and Watering Regimes on the Growth Performance of Garcinia kola (Heckel) Seedlings

The experiment was carried out at the Forest Nursery Unit of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, to determine the effect of mycorrhizal inoculation and watering regime on the growth performance of Garcinia kola seedlings (Heckel). Garcinia kola seedlings were inoculated with no mycorrhizal (M0), ectomycorrhizal (M1) and endomycorrhizal (M2) and watered every day (W0), every other day (W1) and once a week (W2) for a period of 12 weeks. The Experiment was laid out in a 2 × 3 factorial in Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with five (6) replications in each treatment. Data obtained were subjected to both descriptive and factorial analysis using ANOVA, while significant means were separated using Fisher’s Least Significant Difference. The result indicated that leaf number (4.56) and absolute growth rate (-1.99gwk-1) were significantly influenced (p<0.05) in seedlings inoculated with ectomycorrhizal. Seedlings that were watered daily (W0) recorded the highest growth in leaf number (4.41) and plant height (12.22) with no significant difference. Seedlings watered once daily with inoculation with endomycorrhizal had the maximum growth. The study concludes that irrespective of watering regime Garcinia kola seedlings will perform better with or without mycorrhizal. As a water-loving plant, Garcinia kola seedlings will perform better when watered once daily to pot capacity in terms of leave number and plant height. It can be concluded that this plant species may be selective in its mycorrhizal association.