Nodulated N2-fixing Casuarina cunninghamiana is the sink for net N transfer from non-N2-fixing Eucalyptus maculata via an ectomycorrhizal fungus Pisolithus sp. using 15NH4 + or 15NO3- supplied as ammonium nitrate

New Phytologist

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 897-912

  He, Xinhua ^a,b,c   Critchley, Christa ^a   Ng, Hock ^a   Bledsoe, Caroline ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c YUNNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

14NH415NO3; 15NH414NO3; Casuarina cunninghamiana; Common ectomycorrhizal networks (CMNs); Eucalyptus maculata; Frankia; Pisolithus sp.; Two way net N transfer

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM NITRATE; MYCORRHIZA; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PLANT COMMUNITY; TREE;

CASUARINA; CASUARINA CUNNINGHAMIANA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS MACULATA; FUNGI; PISOLITHUS;

AMMONIUM NITRATE; NITRATE; NITROGEN;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; EUCALYPTUS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANGIOSPERMS; BASIDIOMYCOTA; EUCALYPTUS; MYCORRHIZAE; NITRATES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PLANT ROOTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 25444447366     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2005.01437.x     Document Type: Article

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