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[Michaelangelica]

SEE
Recovering degraded soils
from "trees & water" thread

Let’s summarize the play by naming and rewarding the main actors and actresses (not all of them, a too long list):

Seeds:
Brachiaria brizantha cv. marandu, Albizia guachapele, Digitaria
swazilandensis, Canavalia ensiformis, Mucuna deeringiana, Crotalaria juncea,
Cajanus cajan, Stilozobium aterrimum, Leucaena leucocephala, Gliricidia
sepium, Acacia mangium, Erythrina verna, Goldmania paraguensis, Mimosa
caesalapinefolia, Senna siamea, Andropogon gayanus, Setaria sphacelata
cv. Kazungula

The main cast - microorganisms (“And the Oscar goes to...”):
N2 fixing: Rhizobium spp and a dozen others specific Rhizobia
inoculum.
Mycorryzal fungii: Glomus clarum - Gigaspora margarita

Best Supporting Actors:
Trichoderma spp ; EM4 (these are 71 different guys dividing one only
statuette)

The Theater: Your small but very efficient NURSERY.