Molecular identification of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in roots: Perspectives and problems

Folia Geobotanica

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 113-124

  Redecker, Dirk ^a   Hijri, Isabelle ^a   Wiemken, Andres ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhiza; Internal transcribed spacers; Mycorrhizal ecology; Polymerase chain reaction; RDNA

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAE; FUNGI;

EID: 0141994338     PISSN: 12119520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02803144     Document Type: Article

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