Arbuscular mycorrhizae in micropropagation systems and their potential applications

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 227-239

  Kapoor, Rupam ^a   Sharma, Deepika ^a   Bhatnagar, A K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Commercial plant production; Micropropagated plantlets; Micropropagation; Mycorrhization; Post transplanting performance

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; FUNGUS; HORTICULTURE; PROPAGATION (HORTICULTURE); SURVIVAL; TRANSPLANTATION;

ARBUSCULAR; FUNGI;

EID: 41649088983     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2008.02.002     Document Type: Review

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