Effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus inoculation on growth of apple (Malus ssp.) seedlings

Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 297-302

  Matsubara, Yoh Ichi ^a   Karikomi, Takuya ^a   Ikuta, Minoru ^a   Hori, Hirotaka ^a   Ishikawa, Shizuko ^a   Harada, Takashi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAE; FUNGI; GIGASPORA MARGARITA; GLOMUS ETUNICATUM; MALUS; MALUS PUMILA; MALUS SIEBOLDII; MALUS X DOMESTICA; MARGARITES;

EID: 0030497659     PISSN: 18823351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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