A comparison of visualization techniques for recording arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization

New Phytologist

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 123-132

  Gange, Alan C ^a   Bower, Erica ^a   Stagg, Penny G ^a   Aplin, David M ^a,b   Gillam, Alexandra E ^a   Bracken, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acid Fuchsin; Arbuscular mycorrhiza; Autofluorescence; Chlorazol Black; Stains; Trypan Blue

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; COLONIZATION; METHODOLOGY; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 0032927216     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1999.00371.x     Document Type: Article

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