Variation in mycorrhizal infection of the epiphytic orchid Ionopsis utriculariodes (Orchidiaceae) on different substrata

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 130-132

  Osorio Gil, Elizabeth María ^a   Forero Montaña, Jimena ^b   Otero, J Tupac ^b,c  

^a Instituto Smithsonian de Investigaciones Tropicales   (Panama)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONOPSIS; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 46149126665     PISSN: 00086452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18475/cjos.v44i1.a15     Document Type: Note

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