Do ectomycorrhizal fungi exhibit adaptive tolerance to potentially toxic metals in the environment?

Plant and Soil

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 303-319

  Hartley, Jeanette ^a,b   Cairney, John W G ^c   Meharg, Andrew A ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ectomycorrhizae; Genetic variation; Metal tolerance; Physiological mechanisms

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA; FUNGI;

ECTOMYCORRHIZA; GENETIC VARIATION; METAL TOLERANCE; TOXICITY;

EID: 0030613463     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004255006170     Document Type: Article

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