A PCR-based method for the identification of the roots of 10 co-occurring grassland species in mesocosm experiments

Botany

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 485-490

  McNickle, Gordon G ^a   Cahill Jr , J F ^a   Deyholos, M K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Grasslands; Root foraging; Root identification; Species specific primers

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DETECTION METHOD; DNA; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GRASSLAND; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MESOCOSM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROOT SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

EID: 44849102130     PISSN: 19162804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B08-014     Document Type: Article

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