Nitrogen fixation associated with Suillus tomentosus tuberculate ectomycorrhizae on Pinus contorta var. latifolia

Annals of Botany

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1101-1109

  Paul, L R ^a,c   Chapman, B K ^b   Chanway, C P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acetylene reduction assay; Nitrogen budgets; Nitrogenase activity; Pinus contorta; Suillus tomentosus; Tuberculate ectomycorrhizae

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT BUDGET;

PINUS CONTORTA; SUILLUS; SUILLUS TOMENTOSUS;

NITROGENASE;

ARTICLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; NITROGEN FIXATION; PINE; PLANT ROOT; SEASON; TIME;

MYCORRHIZAE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGENASE; PINUS; PLANT ROOTS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34547811606     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcm061     Document Type: Article

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