Effects of benomyl and drought on the mycorrhizal development and daily net CO2 uptake of a wild platyopuntia in a rocky semi-arid environment

Annals of Botany

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 239-245

  Pimienta Barrios, Eulogio ^a,c   Gonzalez Del Castillo Aranda, Maria Eugenia ^a   Muñoz Urias, Alejandro ^a   Nobel, Park S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Residencial Guadalupe Jardín ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizae; Benomyl; CO2 uptake; Drought; Opuntia robusta Wendl.; Phosphorus; Rocky environment

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DROUGHT; FUNGICIDE;

ARIDA; CRASSULACEAE; FUNGI; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA ROBUSTA;

BENOMYL; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; FUNGICIDE; PHOSPHORUS; WATER;

ARTICLE; CACTACEAE; DESERT CLIMATE; DISASTER; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMIDITY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; PHOTON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT STEM; SOIL; SYMBIOSIS; TEMPERATURE;

BENOMYL; CACTACEAE; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; DESERT CLIMATE; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; HUMIDITY; MYCORRHIZAE; NATURAL DISASTERS; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTONS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT STEMS; SOIL; SYMBIOSIS; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 0141720557     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcg133     Document Type: Article

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