Phosphorus nutrition of an obligately mycorrhizal plant treated with the fungicide benomyl in the field

New Phytologist

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 307-311

  Merryweather, James ^a   Fitter, Alastair ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Benomyl; Fungicide; Hyacinthoides non scripta (bluebell); Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

HYACINTHOIDES NON-SCRIPTA;

EID: 0030041852     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1996.tb01850.x     Document Type: Article

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