The brighter side of soils: Quantum dots track organic nitrogen through fungi and plants

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 100-108

  Whiteside, Matthew D ^a   Treseder, Kathleen K ^a   Atsatt, Peter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Chitosan; Fluorescent labels; Nitrogen cycle; Organic nitrogen; Penicillium; Quantum dots

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CHITOSAN; GLYCINE; NITROGEN; QUANTUM DOT;

AMINO ACID; FUNGUS; MYCORRHIZA; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT; ORGANIC NITROGEN; ROOT; SUBSTRATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PENICILLIUM; PLANT ROOT; POA; SOIL;

ANIMALS; ARGININE; CHITOSAN; GLYCINE; NITROGEN; PENICILLIUM; PLANT ROOTS; POA; QUANTUM DOTS; SOIL;

ARBUSCULAR; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM; POA; POA ANNUA;

EID: 63849220068     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-2115.1     Document Type: Article

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