Mycoflora associated with Hyoscyamus muticus growing under an extremely arid desert environment (Aswan region, Egypt)

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 82-92

  El Zayat, Soad A ^a   Nassar, Mortada S M ^a   El Hissy, Farida T ^b   Abdel Motaal, Fatma F ^a,c   Ito, Shin Ichi ^c  

^a ASWAN UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Assiut University   (Egypt)

^c YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Desert plant; Endophyte; Medicinal plant; Solanaceae

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; FUNGI; HYOSCYAMUS; HYOSCYAMUS MUTICUS; HYOSCYAMUS NIGER; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SOLANACEAE;

TROPANE DERIVATIVE;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CLASSIFICATION; DESERT CLIMATE; EGYPT; FUNGUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; SYMBIOSIS;

ASPERGILLUS; DESERT CLIMATE; EGYPT; FUNGI; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SOLANACEAE; SYMBIOSIS; TROPANES;

EID: 46749119524     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: 15214028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jobm.200700107     Document Type: Article

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