Nutritional effects of indigenous arbuscular mycorrhizal associations on the sclerophyllous species Agathosma betulina

Web Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages 77-86

  Cloete, K J ^a   Valentine, A J ^b   Blomerus, L M ^c   Botha, A ^a   Perez Fernandez M A ^d  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; CROP PLANT; FUNGUS; GROWTH; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATION; SEEDLING;

ACAULOSPORA; AGATHOSMA BETULINA; ARBUSCULAR; FUNGI; GLOMUS;

EID: 35748981195     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13991183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/we-7-77-2007     Document Type: Article

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