Use of Frankia and Actinorhizal Plants for Degraded Lands Reclamation

Table 1

Casuarinaceae field trials: effect of inoculation with Frankia on plant height.

Species	Treatments	Plant height (cm)	References
Casuarina equisetifolia; (2-year-old field plantation)	Control	64.80	Karthikeyan et al., [50]
	Frankia	94.60
C. cunninghamiana; (6–8-year-old field plantation )	Control	580	Bulloch, [73]
	Frankia	680
C. glauca; (6–8-year-old field plantation )	Control	780
	Frankia	890
C. obesa; (6–8-year-old field plantation )	Control	500
	Frankia	550
Allocasuarina verticillata	Control	580
	Frankia	700