Intra- and inter-specific density affects plant growth responses to arbuscular mycorrhizas

Botany

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1180-1193

  Schroeder Moreno, Michelle S ^a   Janos, David P ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Miami   (United States)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizas; Facilitation; Facultative mycotrophs; Interspecific competition; Intraspecific competition; Yield density model

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; CROP YIELD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FACILITATION; FRUIT; FUNGUS; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; INOCULATION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MAIZE; MONOCULTURE; YIELD RESPONSE;

ARBUSCULAR; CAPSICUM ANNUUM; CUCURBITA PEPO; CUCURBITA PEPO VAR. MELOPEPO; FUNGI; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 54249115618     PISSN: 19162804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B08-080     Document Type: Article

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