Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi contribute to phosphorus uptake by wheat grown in a phosphorus-fixing soil even in the absence of positive growth responses

New Phytologist

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 536-543

  Li, Huiying ^a   Smith, Sally E ^a   Holloway, Robert E ^a,b   Zhu, Yongguan ^a,c   Smith, F Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

32P uptake; Mycorrhizal responsiveness; Phosphorus (P) fixing soil; Soil P extraction

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHORUS;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; COLONIZATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHOSPHORUS; WHEAT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL; WHEAT;

MYCORRHIZAE; PHOSPHORUS; PHOSPHORUS RADIOISOTOPES; SOIL; TRITICUM;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EYRE PENINSULA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

ARBUSCULAR; FUNGI; GLOMUS INTRARADICES; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 33750031778     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01846.x     Document Type: Article

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