Arbuscular mycorrhizae promote establishment of prairie species in a tallgrass prairie restoration

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1947-1954

  Smith, M R ^a   Charvat, I ^a   Jacobson, R L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Inoculation; Mycorrhizae; Plant community; Prairie; Reclamation; Restoration

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; GRASS; PLANT MICROORGANISM INTERACTION; PRAIRIE; UNITED STATES;

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; HABITAT RESTORATION; INOCULATION; PRAIRIE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032461208     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b98-205     Document Type: Article

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