Arbuscular mycorrhizas of plants growing in the Western Ghats region, Southern India

Mycorrhiza

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 297-313

  Muthukumar, T ^a   Udaiyan, K ^a  

^a BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Acaulospora; Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Gigaspora; Glomus; Life cycle; Life form; Scleroc ystis; Scutellospora; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; FUNGAL GROWTH; FUNGAL SPORE; INDIA; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; ROOT COLONIZATION; SOIL TYPE;

INDIA; WESTERN GHATS;

ACAULOSPORA; AMARANTHACEAE; ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRASSICACEAE; COMMELINACEAE; CYPERACEAE; FUNGI; GIGASPORA; GLOMUS; MYCORRHIZAE; PORTULACACEAE; SCLEROCYSTIS; SCUTELLOSPORA;

EID: 0034052470     PISSN: 09406360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005720050274     Document Type: Article

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