Diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi associated with desert ephemerals in plant communities of Junggar Basin, northwest China

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 10-20

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

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Desert communities; Relative abundance; Species richness; Spore density

Indexed keywords

ACAULOSPORA; ARBUSCULAR; ARCHAEOSPORA; ARUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTROPHOSPORA; EREMOPYRUM ORIENTALE; FUNGI; GAGEA; GLOMUS; GLOMUS AGGREGATUM; GLOMUS MICROAGGREGATUM; PARAGLOMUS; PLANTAGO; TRAGOPOGON; TRIGONELLA; TRIGONELLA FOENUM-GRAECUM;

EID: 33750683351     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2006.06.002     Document Type: Article

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