Seedling response to phosphate addition and inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizas and the implications for old-field restoration in Western Australia

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 58-65

  Standish, R J ^a   Stokes, B A ^b   Tibbett, M ^b   Hobbs, R J ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acacia acuminata; Eucalyptus loxophleba subsp. loxophleba; Fertiliser legacy; Hakea preissii; Pot study; Wheatbelt

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; BIOMASS; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWTH; INOCULATION; LEGUME; PHOSPHATE; SEEDLING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ACACIA; ACACIA ACUMINATA; ARBUSCULAR; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS LOXOPHLEBA; FABACEAE; GLOMUS INTRARADICES; GLOMUS MOSSEAE; HAKEA; MYRTACEAE; PROTEACEAE; SCUTELLOSPORA CALOSPORA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 34548259429     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2007.03.004     Document Type: Article

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