Arbuscular mycorrhizae in the rehabilitation of fragile degraded tropical lands

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 107-111

  Cuenca, G ^a   De Andrade, Z ^a   Escalante, G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Brachiaria decumbens; Phosphorus fertilizer; Rehabilitation of degraded land; Soil disturbance; Vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizae

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; DEGRADED LAND; INOCULATION; LAND RESTORATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TROPICS;

LA GRAN SABANA; VENEZUELA;

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRACHIARIA; BRACHIARIA DECUMBENS; FUNGI; MYCORRHIZAE; POACEAE; UROCHLOA BRIZANTHA;

EID: 0031906703     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003740050351     Document Type: Article

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