Quantification of an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus, Glomus mosseae, within plant roots by competitive polymerase chain reaction

Mycological Research

Volumn 101, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1440-1444

  Edwards, S G ^a,b   Fitter, A H ^a   Young, J P W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE DETECTION; INOCULATION; MICROSCOPY; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

GLOMUS MOSSEAE; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0031407008     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0953756297004218     Document Type: Article

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