Glomalean mycorrhizal fungi from tropical Australia: I. Comparison of the effectiveness and specificity of different isolation procedures

Mycorrhiza

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 305-314

  Brundrett, M C ^a   Abbott, L K ^b   Jasper, D A ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fungal diversity; Glomales; Isolation and propagation; Tropical ecology; Vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizas

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; FUNGAL CELL CULTURE; FUNGAL SPORE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GLOMUS; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; SOIL; TROPICS;

EXTRACTION METHOD; METHODOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VESICULAR-ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032901466     PISSN: 09406360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005720050251     Document Type: Article

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