Plant growth depressions in arbuscular mycorrhizal symbioses: Not just caused by carbon drain?

New Phytologist

Volumn 178, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 852-862

  Li, Huiying ^a   Smith, F Andrew ^a   Dickson, Sandy ^a   Holloway, Robert E ^a,b   Smith, Sally E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi; Intraspecific plant competition; Phosphorus uptake; Plant growth depression; Wheat (Triticum aestivum)

Indexed keywords

CARBON; PHOSPHORUS;

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; COLONIZATION; CULTIVAR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RESPONSE; INOCULATION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHOSPHORUS; WHEAT;

ARTICLE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; SYMBIOSIS; WHEAT;

CARBON; HYPHAE; MYCORRHIZAE; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; SYMBIOSIS; TRITICUM;

ARBUSCULAR; FUNGI; GIGASPORA MARGARITA; GLOMUS INTRARADICES; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 43449113866     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02410.x     Document Type: Article

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