High densities of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi maintained during long fallows in soils used to grow cotton except when soil is wetted periodically

New Phytologist

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 571-580

  Pattinson, G S ^a   McGee, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

AM fungi; Cotton; Long fallows; Survival

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; FALLOW; POPULATION DENSITY; SOIL WETTING; SURVIVAL;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; MALVACEAE;

EID: 0031285312     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1997.00783.x     Document Type: Article

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