Performance of two Centaurea species in response to different root-associated microbial communities and to alterations in nutrient availability

Annales Botanici Fennici

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 263-271

  Moora, Mari ^a   Öpik, Maarja ^a   Zobel, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Allocation; Arbuscular mycorrhiza; C. scabiosa; Centaurea jacea; Growth response; Plant reproduction; Plant strategy; Root associated microbial community

Indexed keywords

CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA JACEA; CENTAUREA SCABIOSA; SCABIOSA;

EID: 4544342136     PISSN: 00033847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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