Relationship of soil ergosterol concentration and fungal biomass

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 847-855

  Stahl, Peter D ^a,b   Parkin, Timothy B ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERGOSTEROL; FUNGAL BIOMASS; HYPHAL LENGTH;

USA, IOWA;

EID: 0030176768     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0038-0717(96)00061-2     Document Type: Article

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