Spore-in-spore syndrome in vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and its seasonality in a tropical grassland

Nova Hedwigia

Volumn 68, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 339-349

  Muthukumar, T ^a   Udaiyan, K ^a  

^a BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACAULOSPORA; GIGASPORA; GLOMUS; SCLEROCYSTIS; SCUTELLOSPORA;

EID: 0032985773     PISSN: 00295035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/nova.hedwigia/68/1999/339     Document Type: Article

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