Mycorrhizal colonization and nitrogen uptake by maize: Combined effect of tropical earthworms and velvetbean mulch

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 181-186

  Ortiz Ceballos, Angel I ^a   Peña Cabriales, Juan J ^b   Fragoso, Carlos ^c   Brown, George G ^d  

^a Laboratorio de Biotecnología Y Ecología Aplicada   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERÍA GENÉTICA   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^d EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Cover crop; Earthworm; N concentration; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; EARTHWORM; FUNGUS; MAIZE; MULCH; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHYTOMASS; ROOT COLONIZATION;

ARBUSCULAR; BALANTEODRILUS PEARSEI; FUNGI; MUCUNA; MUCUNA PRURIENS VAR. UTILIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34648812827     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-007-0193-y     Document Type: Article

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