Assessment of natural mycorrhizal potential in a desertified semiarid ecosystem

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 842-847

  Requena, Natalia ^a   Jeffries, Peter ^b   Barea, Jose Miguel ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESERT; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; FUNGUS SPORE; MYCELIUM; MYCORRHIZA; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL;

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; SEMI-ARID ECOSYSTEM;

SPAIN;

ACAULOSPORA; ANTHYLLIS CYTISOIDES; FABACEAE; GLOMUS CONSTRICTUM; GLOMUS CORONATUM; SCUTELLOSPORA CALOSPORA;

EID: 0029661225     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.3.842-847.1996     Document Type: Article

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