Effect of bulk density on the spatial organisation of the fungus Rhizoctonia solani in soil

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-56

  Harris, Kirsty ^a,b   Young, Iain M ^c   Gilligan, Christopher A ^b   Otten, Wilfred ^b   Ritz, Karl ^a,d  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological thin section; Bulk density; Fungal spatial distribution; Soil structure

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; FUNGUS; GROWTH FORM; SOIL STRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; BULK DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS HYPHAE; HYPHOMYCETES; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RHIZOCTONIA SOLANI; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL STRUCTURE;

FUNGI; RHIZOCTONIA; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS;

EID: 0041881879     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(02)00459-2     Document Type: Article

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