Intraspecific transfer of carbon between plants linked by a common mycorrhizal network

Plant and Soil

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 153-159

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

13C; Arbuscular mycorrhiza; Carbon allocation; Carbon cost; Carbon transport; Common mycorrhizal network

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030847361     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004257812555     Document Type: Article

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