Development of in situ and ex situ seed baiting techniques to detect mycorrhizal fungi from terrestrial orchid habitats

Mycological Research

Volumn 107, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1210-1220

  Brundrett, Mark C ^a,b   Scade, Ailsa ^a   Batty, Andrew L ^b   Dixon, Kingsley W ^b   Sivasithamparam, Krishnapillai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b KINGS PARK AND BOTANIC GARDEN   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETECTION METHOD; FUNGUS; MYCORRHIZA; SEED;

BANKSIA; CALADENIA; DIURIS; FUNGI; MICROTIS; MONADENIA; ORCHIDACEAE; PTEROSTYLIS;

EID: 0242579594     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0953756203008463     Document Type: Article

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