On the use of non-linear regression with the logistic equation for changes with time of percentage root length colonized by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

Mycorrhiza

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 249-254

  McGonigle, T P ^a  

^a Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Abruptness; Inflection; Lag; Plateau; Sigmoid

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS GROWTH; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MYCORRHIZA; PLANT RESPONSE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROOT GROWTH; ROOTING;

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; FUNGUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROOT COLONIZATION;

EID: 0035108220     PISSN: 09406360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005720000080     Document Type: Article

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