The role of mycorrhizal fungi in growth enhancement of dune plants following burial in sand

Functional Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 560-566

  Perumal, J V ^a,b   Maun, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b SOUTHERN ADVENTIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agropyron psammophilum; Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Burial in sand; Foredunes; Net CO2 uptake; Panicurn virgatum; Sand dunes

Indexed keywords

DUNE; FUNGUS; GROWTH; MYCORRHIZA;

AGROPYRON PSAMMOPHILUM; PANICUM VIRGATUM;

EID: 0032843929     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1999.00348.x     Document Type: Article

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