Mycorrhizal and dark septate endophytic fungi under the canopies of desert plants in Mu Us Sandy Land of China

Frontiers of Agriculture in China

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 164-170

  Wu, Yanqing ^a   Liu, Tiantian ^b   He, Xueli ^a  

^a HEBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Desert plants; Mycorrhiza type; Root endophytic fungi

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR; ARUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; PERIPLOCA; PERIPLOCA SEPIUM; SALIX; SALIX PSAMMOPHILA;

EID: 70349488876     PISSN: 16737334     EISSN: 1673744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11703-009-0026-x     Document Type: Article

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