Molecular diversity of ericoid mycorrhizal fungi

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1580-1594

  Monreal, Marcia ^a,c   Berch, S M ^b   Berbee, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ericoid mycorrhiza; Gaultheria shallon; Hymenoscyphus; ITS2 DNA sequence; Oidiodendron; Restriction fragment length polymorphism

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ERICOID MYCORRHIZA; FUNGAL CELL CULTURE; GAULTHERIA SHALLON; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC DIVERSITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIMER DNA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPACER DNA;

FUNGI; GAULTHERIA; GAULTHERIA SHALLON; HELOTIALES; HYMENOSCYPHUS; MYCORRHIZAE; MYXOGASTRIA; OIDIODENDRON;

EID: 0033508446     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjb-77-11-1580     Document Type: Article

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