Reciprocal N (15NH4+ or 15NO3-) transfer between nonN 2-fixing Eucalyptus maculata and N2-fixing Casuarina cunninghamiana linked by the ectomycorrhizal fungus Pisolithus sp.

New Phytologist

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 629-640

  He, Xinhua ^a,b   Critchley, Christa ^a   Ng, Hock ^a   Bledsoe, Caroline ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

15NH 4+; 15NO3 ; Casuarina cunninghamiana; Common ectomycorrhizal networks (CMNs); Eucalyptus maculata; Frankia; Pisolithus sp.; Two way N transfer

Indexed keywords

MYCORRHIZA; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION;

CASUARINA; CASUARINA CUNNINGHAMIANA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS MACULATA; FRANKIA; FUNGI; PISOLITHUS;

EID: 4143146446     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2004.01137.x     Document Type: Article

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