Mycorrhizosphere interactions to improve plant fitness and soil quality

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 343-351

  Barea, José Miguel ^a   Azcón, Rosario ^a   Azcón Aguilar, Concepción ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhiza; Biocontrol; N fixing bacteria; PGPR; Phosphate solubilizing microorganisms; Soil aggregation

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; FUNGUS; NITROGEN FIXATION; SOIL QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MYCORRHIZA; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PLANT; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL QUALITY;

BACTERIA; FUNGI; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAE; FUNGI; MICROBIOTA; MYCORRHIZAE;

EID: 0036421611     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020588701325     Document Type: Article

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