Ericoid mycorrhizal fungi: Some new perspectives on old acquaintances

Plant and Soil

Volumn 244, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 41-53

  Perotto, Silvia ^a   Girlanda, Mariangela ^a   Martino, Elena ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ericoid fungi; Group I introns; Host range; Metal tolerance

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MYCORRHIZA; SYMBIOSIS;

FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA;

EID: 0036658391     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020289401610     Document Type: Conference Paper

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