Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi can transfer substantial amounts of nitrogen to their host plant from organic material

New Phytologist

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 199-207

  Leigh, Joanne ^a   Hodge, Angela ^a   Fitter, Alastair H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi; Glomus hoi; Glomus intraradices; Nitrogen; Organic material; Soil heterogeneity; Stable isotopes 13C and 15N

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; CARBON ISOTOPE; HOST PLANT; NITROGEN FIXATION; ORGANIC MATTER; STABLE ISOTOPE; SYMBIOSIS;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GLOMEROMYCOTA; METABOLISM; MYCORRHIZA; PLANTAGO; SOIL; SYMBIOSIS;

GLOMEROMYCOTA; MYCORRHIZAE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTAGO; SOIL; SYMBIOSIS;

ARBUSCULAR; FUNGI; GLOMUS; GLOMUS HOI; GLOMUS INTRARADICES; PLANTAGO; PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA;

EID: 57449109407     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02630.x     Document Type: Article

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