Effect of defoliation on the arbuscular mycorrhizas of three perennial pasture and rangeland grasses

Plant and Soil

Volumn 202, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 117-124

  Allsopp, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Digitaria eriantha; External mycorrhizal hyphae; Lolium perenne; Mycorrhizal fungal colonization; Themeda triandra; Vital staining

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; DEFOLIATION; GRASS; PASTURE; RANGELAND;

EID: 0031654589     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004357027519     Document Type: Article

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