Inoculation with ericoid mycorrhizal fungi alters root colonization and growth in nursery production of blueberry plants from tissue culture and cuttings

Small Fruits Review

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 113-135

  Scagel, Carolyn F ^a   Wagner, Adam ^b   Winiarski, Paul ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Fall Creek Farm and Nursery Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Ericoid mycorrhizal fungi (EMF); Vaccinium angustifolium; Vaccinium ashei; Vaccinium corymbosum L.

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM; VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM; VACCINIUM VIRGATUM;

EID: 19944408108     PISSN: 15228851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J301v04n04_11     Document Type: Article

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