Diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi associated with desert ephemerals growing under and beyond the canopies of Tamarisk shrubs

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 51, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 132-139

  Shi, Zhaoyong ^a,b   Zhang, Liyun ^a   Feng, Gu ^b   Christie, Peter ^b,c   Tian, Changyan ^a   Li, Xiaolin ^b  

^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; Ephemeral plant species; Mycorrhizal colonization rate; Spore densities; Tamarix spp. canopy

Indexed keywords

ACAULOSPORA; ARBUSCULAR; ARCHAEOSPORA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CERATOCEPHALUS; CHORISPORA TENELLA; EREMOPYRUM ORIENTALE; FUNGI; GLOMUS; PARAGLOMUS; TAMARICACEAE; TAMARIX; VERONICA; VERONICA CAMPYLOPODA;

EID: 33846330618     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-006-8217-9     Document Type: Article

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