Modelling mycelial networks in structured environments

Mycological Research

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1015-1025

  Boswell, Graeme P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cellular automata; Fractal; Hyphal growth unit; Percolation; Rhizoctonia solani; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNGUS; GROWTH RESPONSE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MODELING;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYPHOMYCETES; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCELIUM; SOIL;

ECOSYSTEM; FUNGI; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYCELIUM; RHIZOCTONIA; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

FUNGI; HYPHOMYCETES; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS;

EID: 50349090671     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: 14698102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mycres.2008.02.006     Document Type: Article

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