Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi associated with some pteridophytes from western ghat region of Goa

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 251-256

  Khade, Sharda W ^a   Rodrigues, B F ^a  

^a GOA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Acaulospora; AM fungi; Gigaspora; Glomus; Pteridophytes; Root colonization; Sclerocystis; Scutellospora; Spore density

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; FUNGUS; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; PTERIDOPHYTE; ROOT COLONIZATION;

INDIA;

ACAULOSPORA; ADIANTUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; GIGASPORA; GLOMUS; PITYROGRAMMA; PITYROGRAMMA CALOMELANOS; PTERIDOPHYTA; SCUTELLOSPORA;

EID: 0038062728     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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