Nitrogen and phosphorus nutrition in mycorrhizal epacridaceae of south-west Australia

Annals of Botany

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 389-398

  Bell, Tina L ^a   Pate, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Epacridaceae; Mycorrhizal nutrition; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; South west Australia; Xylem transport

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001620089     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1996.0047     Document Type: Article

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