Importance of the ectomycorrhizal network for seedling survival and ectomycorrhiza formation in rain forests of south Cameroon

Mycorrhiza

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 13-17

  Onguene, N A ^a,c   Kuyper, Thom W ^b  

^a Tropenbos Cameroon Programme   (Cameroon)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT IRAD   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Ectomycorrhiza; Inoculum potential; Mycelial network; Selectivity

Indexed keywords

ECTOMYCORRHIZA; GROWTH; RAINFOREST; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SURVIVAL;

CAMEROON; MYCORRHIZAE; PLANT ROOTS; SEEDLING; TREES;

CAMEROON;

AFZELIA; AFZELIA BIPINDENSIS; BRACHYSTEGIA; FUNGI; TETRABERLINIA; TETRABERLINIA BIFOLIOLATA;

EID: 0036930597     PISSN: 09406360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00572-001-0140-y     Document Type: Article

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