Measuring external mycelia production of ectomycorrhizal fungi in the field: The soil matrix matters

New Phytologist

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 179-186

  Hendricks, Joseph J ^a   Mitchell, Robert J ^b   Kuehn, Kevin A ^c   Pecot, Stephen D ^b   Sims, Stephanie E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA   (United States)

^b JOSEPH W JONES ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ergosterol; Extramatrical mycelia; Extraradical hyphae; In growth core; Longleaf pine; Mycorrhizal fungi; Nitrogen (N); Phospholipid fatty acids (PLFA)

Indexed keywords

ERGOSTEROL; NITROGEN;

ECTOMYCORRHIZA; FUNGUS; SOIL;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCELIUM; MYCORRHIZA; PINE; SOIL;

ERGOSTEROL; MYCELIUM; MYCORRHIZAE; NITROGEN; PINUS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

FUNGI; PINUS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 33744913812     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01742.x     Document Type: Article

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