Branched absorbing structures (BAS): A feature of the extraradical mycelium of symbiotic arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

New Phytologist

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 375-388

  Bago, B ^a,c   Azcon Aguilar C ^b   Goulet, A ^a   Piche Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizas; Branched absorbing structures (BAS); External mycelium; Glomus intraradices Smith and Schenck; Monoxenic culture

Indexed keywords

GLOMUS INTRARADICES; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 2642714947     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1998.00199.x     Document Type: Article

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