Soil fungal abundance and diversity: Another victim of the invasive plant Centaurea maculosa

ISME Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 763-765

  Broz, Amanda K ^a   Manter, Daniel K ^b   Vivanco, Jorge M ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecology; Length heterogeneity; Microbial community; qPCR; Rhizosphere; Weed

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CENTAUREA; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BIODIVERSITY; CENTAUREA; DNA, FUNGAL; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGI; PLANT ROOTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA MACULOSA;

EID: 36849016351     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2007.81     Document Type: Article

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