Characterization of two arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in symbiosis with Allium porrum: Colonization, plant growth and phosphate uptake

New Phytologist

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 163-172

  Dickson, S ^a   Smith, S E ^a   Smith, F A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

AM fungi; Glomus sp. 'City Beach'; P uptake; Plant growth; Scutellospora calospora

Indexed keywords

COLONY FORMING UNIT; PHOSPHATE TRANSPORT; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT MICROORGANISM INTERACTION; SYMBIOSIS;

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; COLONIZATION; FUNGUS; GROWTH RESPONSE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHOSPHATE;

ALLIUM PORRUM; ANIMALIA; ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAE; FUNGI; GLOMUS; MYCORRHIZAE; SCUTELLOSPORA CALOSPORA;

EID: 0032693502     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1999.00493.x     Document Type: Article

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