Occurrence of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in a phosphorus-poor wetland and mycorrhizal response to phosphorus fertilization

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 88, Issue 1-12, 2001, Pages 1824-1829

  Cornwell, William K ^a,b   Bedford, Barbara L ^a   Chapin, Carmen T ^a  

^a Plant Breeding and Genetics Section in the School of Integrative Plant Science   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerenchyma; Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Fen; Fertilization; Phosphorus; Solidago patula; Wetland

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042124605     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3558359     Document Type: Article

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