Use of Frankia and Actinorhizal Plants for Degraded Lands Reclamation

Table 2

Casuarinaceae fields trials: effect of inoculation with Frankia on plants biomass and N content.

Species	Treatments	Dry weight (g)	Total N (g)/plant	References
Casuarina equisetifolia; (3-year-old field plantation )	Control	1000	15.57	Sougoufara et al., [39]
	Frankia	1356	23. 35
Casuarina equisetifolia; (2-year-old field plantation )	Control	300	1.02	Karthikeyan et al., [50]
	Frankia	680	3.8
Alnus crispa; (1.5-year-old field plantation )	Control	111.8	3.5	Lefrançois et al., [79]
	Frankia	154.1	4.8