Growth and reproductive characteristics of the columnar cactus Stenocereus queretaroensis and their relationships with environmental factors and colonization by arbuscular mycorrhizae

Tree Physiology

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 667-674

  Pimienta Barrios, Eulogio ^a   Pimienta Barrios, Enrique ^a   Salas Galván, María Eugenia ^a   Zañudo Hernandez, Julia ^a   Nobel, Park S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

AM fungi; Fruit; Phosphorus; Seed quality; Subtropical environments

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; CACTUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROWTH; REPRODUCTION;

MEXICO;

CACTACEAE; FUNGI; ROSA; STENOCEREUS; STENOCEREUS QUERETAROENSIS;

ARTICLE; CACTACEAE; DESERT CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENT; FRUIT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MEXICO; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PLANT STEM; REPRODUCTION; SOIL;

CACTACEAE; DESERT CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENT; FRUIT; MEXICO; MYCORRHIZAE; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; REPRODUCTION; SEEDS; SOIL;

EID: 0036022023     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/22.9.667     Document Type: Article

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