Screening of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal consortia developed from the rhizospheres of natural and cultivated tea plants for growth promotion in tea [Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze]

Pedobiologia

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 119-125

  Singh, Shipra ^a   Pandey, Anita ^a   Palni, Lok Man S ^a  

^a G B PANT INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (India)

Author keywords

AM fungal consortium; Cultivated tea rhizosphere; Natural tea rhizosphere; Plant growth promotion; Tea

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; BIOASSAY; BIOFERTILIZER; CULTIVATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FUNGUS; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; MAIZE; PLANT; RHIZOSPHERE; TEA; WETTING FRONT; WHEAT;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS;

ARBUSCULAR; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; FUNGI; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 51549100388     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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