Promiscuous arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis of yam (Dioscorea spp.), a key staple crop in West Africa

Mycorrhiza

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 375-392

  Tchabi, Atti ^a,b   Burger, Stefanie ^a   Coyne, Danny ^c,d   Hountondji, Fabien ^b   Lawouin, Louis ^b   Wiemken, Andres ^a   Oehl, Fritz ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b International Institute of Tropical Agriculture IITA   (Benin)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^d Carolyn House   (United Kingdom)

^e AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Beneficial soil biota; Biodiversity; DNA extraction; Sustainable agriculture; Tropics; Tuber crop

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CROP YIELD; DNA; FUNGUS; MORPHOTYPE; ROOT COLONIZATION; SAVANNA; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL NUTRIENT; SYMBIOSIS; TRAP CROP; TUBER;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ARBUSCULAR; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DIOSCOREA; DIOSCOREA ALATA; DIOSCOREA CAYENENSIS; DIOSCOREA ROTUNDATA; FUNGI; SORGHUM BICOLOR; TUBER (TRUFFLE);

ARTICLE; BENIN; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; FUNGUS SPORE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; SORGHUM; SYMBIOSIS; YAM;

BENIN; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; DIOSCOREA; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGI; MYCORRHIZAE; PLANT ROOTS; SORGHUM; SPORES, FUNGAL; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 70149096947     PISSN: 09406360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00572-009-0241-6     Document Type: Article

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