Growth responses and dependence of Acacia nilotica var. cupriciformis on the indigenous arbuscular mycorrhizal consortium of a marginal wasteland soil

Mycorrhiza

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 441-446

  Sharma, Mahaveer P ^a   Gaur, Atimanav ^a   Bhatia, Naveen P ^a   Adholeya, Alok ^a  

^a THE ENERGY AND RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Acacia nilotica; Indigenous AM consortium; Infectivity potential; Mycorrhizal dependence; Phosphorus utilization efficiency

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; GROWTH; MYCORRHIZA; PHOSPHORUS; WASTELAND SOIL;

ACACIA NILOTICA CUPRICIFORMIS; MIMOSACEAE;

EID: 0030301136     PISSN: 09406360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005720050144     Document Type: Article

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