Relationship of seed source and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi inoculum type to growth and colonization of big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)

Plant and Soil

Volumn 285, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 57-65

  Cavender, Nicole ^a,b   Knee, Michael ^b  

^a The Wilds   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Andropogon gerardii; Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Big bluestem; Mycorrhizal fungi inoculum type; Seed source; Tallgrass prairie

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BIOMASS; FUNGUS; GRASS; PRAIRIE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; ROOT COLONIZATION; SEED; SOIL STRUCTURE;

ILLINOIS; MISSOURI; NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; TALLGRASS PRAIRIE PRESERVE; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

ANDROPOGON; ANDROPOGON GERARDII; ARBUSCULAR; FUNGI;

EID: 33748713467     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-005-5228-2     Document Type: Article

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