Symbionts in agroforestry systems: what are the long-term impacts of inoculation on the growth of Calliandra calothyrsus and its intercrops

PROPOSAL: ICA4-2001-10093 ACRONYM SAFSYS
AREA: FP5 - INCO2, 5/ Research for development Call number / date: -
PROJECT TYPE: Shared Cost EU CONTRIBUTION: 900000
STARTING DATE: - DURATION: 0 months

Coordinator: Dr. D. Odee, Kenya Forestry Research Institute, Agroforestry, Biotechnology Laboratory, 2, KEN -?, Nairobi, Kenya, Email: dodee@africaonline.co.ke

Project Description:
Effective rhizobial and mycorrhizal symbionts provide a low-input method to improve tree nutrition and soil fertility, without the use of fertilizers. Successful inoculation of trees with symbionts requires effective and competitive strains, which promote growth and which persist in the field. Until recently it has not been possible to evaluate field persistence. This proposal capitalises on new developments in molecular biology in a combined programme in which rhizobial and mycorrhizal inoculants for the important fodder tree Calliandra calothyrsus will be evaluated for their effectiveness in promoting tree growth, for their persistence and capacity to influence tree growth in the long term and for their ability to be shared with intercrops. Appropriate uptake pathways will be developed.

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Consortium:
Prime Contractor
Organisation: KENYA FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Organisation Type: Research
Department: AGROFORESTRY WORKING GROUP
BIOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORY
Postcode: 2
City: NAIROBI
Country: KENYA
Contact Person: Name: ODEE, David (Dr)
Tel: +254-15-433383
Fax: +254-15-432844
Email: dodee@africaonline.co.ke

Other Contractors
Organisation Name: CENTRE DE COOPERATION INTERNATIONALE EN RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT - CIRAD
Organisation Type: Research
Contact Person: LESUEUR, Didier (Dr)
Department: DEPARTEMENT FORET
Address: Campus International de Baillarguet
BP 5035
City: Montpellier
Region: MÉDITERRANÉE
LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON
Hérault
Org. Country: FRANCE
Postcode: 34032
Telephone: +221-8-493320
Fax: +221-8-321675
E-mail: didier.lesueur@cirad.fr

Organisation Name: NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL
Organisation Type: Research
Contact Person: WILSON, Julia (Dr)
Department: CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY
Address: Merlewood Research Station, Windermere Road
City: GRANGE OVER SANDS
Region: NORTH
CUMBRIA
Org. Country: UNITED KINGDOM
Postcode: LA11 6JU
Telephone: +44-131-4454343
Fax: +44-131-4453943
E-mail: jwi@ceh.ac.uk

Organisation Name: THE SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
Organisation Type: Research
Contact Person: HARRIER, Lucy (Dr)
Department: PLANT SCIENCE DIVISION
Address: West Mains Road
City: EDINBURGH
Region: SCOTLAND
BORDERS-CENTRAL-FIFE-LOTHIAN-TAYSIDE
Lothian
Org. Country: UNITED KINGDOM
Postcode: EH9 3JG
Telephone: +44-131-5354154
Fax: +44-131-5354183
E-mail: l.harrier@ed.sac.ac.uk

Organisation Name: DEPARTMENT OF RESEARCH AND SPECIALIST SERVICES
Organisation Type: Research
Contact Person: MUCHADEY, Rosemary (Ms)
Department: GRASSLANDS RESEARCH STATION
City: MARONDERA
Org. Country: ZIMBABWE
Telephone: +263-79-23526/8
Fax: +263-79-23198
E-mail: geejay@africaonline.co.zw


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