Dynamics or vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizae in two tropical dry evergreen forests, South India

International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 25-36

  Visalakshi, N ^a,b  

^a PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Smt Parvatibai Chowgule College   (India)

Author keywords

Colonization; Dry evergreen forest; Sacred grove; Soil monolith; Spore population; Vesicular Arbuscular Mycorrhiza

Indexed keywords

EVERGREEN FOREST; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; SPORE POPULATION; TROPICAL FOREST; VESICULAR-ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA;

INDIA;

ACAULOSPORA BIRETICULATA; ACAULOSPORA FOVEATA; GIGASPORA AURIGLOBA; GIGASPORA ERYTHROPA; GLOMUS; GLOMUS AGGREGATUM; SCLEROCYSTIS; SCLEROCYSTIS COREMIOIDES; SCLEROCYSTIS PAKISTANICA;

EID: 0031390629     PISSN: 0377015X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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