Effects of different Kalahari-desert VA mycorrhizal communities on mineral acquisition and depletion from the soil by host plants

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 193-208

  Bohrer, Gil ^a   Kagan Zur, Varda ^b   Roth Bejerano, Nurit ^b   Ward, David ^c   Beck, Gilad ^b   Bonifacio, Eleonora ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ecology; Kalahari desert; Symbiosis; Vangueria infausta; Vesicular arbuscular mycorrhiza

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS; HOST PLANT; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; SYMBIOSIS; VESICULAR-ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA;

AFRICA; KALAHARI DESERT;

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAE; MYCORRHIZAE; VANGUERIA INFAUSTA;

EID: 0043066836     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-1963(03)00047-8     Document Type: Article

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