Formation of cluster roots and mycorrhizal status of Comptonia peregrina and Myrica pensylvanica in Maine, USA

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 680-689

  Hurd, Todd M ^a   Schwintzer, Christa R ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinorhizal plants; bayberry; cluster roots; Comptonia peregrina; mycorrhizae; Myrica pensylvanica; nitrogen fixing plants; phosphorus nutrition; proteoid roots; sweet fern

Indexed keywords

COMPTONIA PEREGRINA; MYRICA PENSYLVANICA;

EID: 0030947439     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1997.990421.x     Document Type: Article

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