Arbuscular mycorrhizal status of spring ephemerals in the desert ecosystem of Junggar Basin, China

Mycorrhiza

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 269-275

  Shi, Z Y ^a   Feng, G ^a,b   Christie, P ^a,c   Li, X L ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhiza; Desert ecosystem; Root colonization; Spore density; Spring ephemeral plants

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; ARID REGION; DESERT; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; ROOT COLONIZATION; SOIL DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL SPORE; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; PLANT; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

CHINA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; MYCORRHIZAE; PLANTS; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPORES;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JUNGGAR BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

ACAULOSPORA; ARBUSCULAR; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTROPHOSPORA; FUNGI; GLOMUS; MYCELIUM (GENUS); PARAGLOMUS; SCUTELLOSPORA;

EID: 33744960642     PISSN: 09406360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00572-006-0041-1     Document Type: Article

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