Effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization and two levels of compost supply on nutrient uptake and flowering of pelargonium plants

Mycorrhiza

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 469-474

  Perner, Henrike ^a,b   Schwarz, Dietmar ^a   Bruns, Christian ^c   Mäder, Paul ^d   George, Eckhard ^a,b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF VEGETABLE AND ORNAMENTAL CROPS   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE FIBL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhiza; Compost; Organic horticulture; Pelargonium

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM;

ANGIOSPERM; ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; COLONIZATION; COMPOST; FLOWERING; FUNGUS; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FLOWER; FOOD ANALYSIS; FUNGUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; PELARGONIUM; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; SOIL;

FLOWERS; FOOD ANALYSIS; FUNGI; MYCORRHIZAE; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PELARGONIUM; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; POTASSIUM; SOIL;

ARBUSCULAR; FUNGI; PELARGONIUM; PELARGONIUM PELTATUM;

EID: 34250893846     PISSN: 09406360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00572-007-0116-7     Document Type: Article

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