Carbon transfer between C3 and C4 plants linked by a common mycorrhizal network, quantified using stable carbon isotopes

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 4-5, 1996, Pages 471-477

  Watkins, N K ^a   Fitter, A H ^a   Graves, J D ^a   Robinson, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYNODON DACTYLON; LANCEOLATA; PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA;

EID: 0030114740     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0038-0717(95)00189-1     Document Type: Article

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