The relationship between density of Glomus mosseae propagules and the initiation and spread of arbuscular mycorrhizas in cotton roots

Mycorrhiza

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 221-225

  McGee, P A ^a   Torrisi, V ^a   Pattinson, G S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

AM fungi; Cotton; Initiation of AM; Inoculum density; Spread of AM

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; CELL DENSITY; COTTON; INOCULATION; SOIL;

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; COLONIZATION; COTTON; INOCULATION; ROOT SYSTEM;

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAE; FUNGI; GLOMUS MOSSEAE; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; MYCORRHIZAE;

EID: 0033404058     PISSN: 09406360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005720050270     Document Type: Article

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