Diversity of glomale mycorrhizal fungi in maize/sesbania intercrops and maize monocrop systems in southern Malawi

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 107-114

  Jefwa, Joyce M ^a   Sinclair, Robert ^b   Maghembe, Jumanne A ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c NONE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Farming systems; Management practices; Soil organisms

Indexed keywords

FARMING SYSTEM; FUNGUS; INTERCROPPING; MAIZE; MONOCULTURE; SESBANIA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VESICULAR-ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; MALAWI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ACAULOSPORA; ARBUSCULAR; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; GIGASPORA; GLOMUS; SCUTELLOSPORA; SESBANIA; SESBANIA SESBAN; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33745065432     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-004-2370-4     Document Type: Article

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