Preliminary assessment of plant community structure and arbuscular mycorrhizas in rangeland habitats of Cholistan desert, Pakistan

Mycorrhiza

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 606-611

  Chaudhry, M S ^a   Batool, Z ^a   Khan, A G ^b  

^a THE ISLAMIA UNIVERSITY OF BAHAWALPUR   (Pakistan)

^b ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhiza; Desert; Xerophytes

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; PLANT COMMUNITY; RANGELAND;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS SPORE; GEOGRAPHY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; PAKISTAN; PLANT;

BIODIVERSITY; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; MYCORRHIZAE; PAKISTAN; PLANTS; SPORES, FUNGAL;

ASIA; CHOLISTAN; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; PAKISTAN; PUNJAB [PAKISTAN]; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; POACEAE; XEROPHYTA;

EID: 27744542190     PISSN: 09406360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00572-005-0002-0     Document Type: Article

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