Chitin and ergosterol combined to measure total and living fungal biomass in ectomycorrhizas

New Phytologist

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 143-149

  Ekblad, Alf ^a   Wallander, Håkan ^b   Näsholm, Torgny ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chitin; Ectomycorrhiza; Ergosterol; Fungal biomass; Glucosamine; HPLC

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ESTIMATION; CHITIN; ECTOMYCORRHIZE; ERGOSTEROL; FUNGAL BIOMASS; MYCORRHIZA;

ALNUS INCANA; PAXILLUS INVOLUTUS; PILODERMA CROCEUM; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; SUILLUS VARIEGATUS;

EID: 0031806188     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1998.00891.x     Document Type: Article

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