On-farm production of inoculum of indigenous arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and assessment of diluents of compost for inoculum production

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2326-2330

  Douds, David D ^a   Nagahashi, Gerald ^a   Hepperly, Paul Reed ^b  

^a EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Rodale Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofertilizer; Organic agriculture; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COMPOSTING; FUNGI; MIXTURES; SOILS;

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL; ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI; BIO FERTILIZERS; FARM PRODUCTION; INOCULUM PRODUCTIONS; ORGANIC AGRICULTURE; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE; TEMPERATE CLIMATE;

SEED;

DILUENT; FERTILIZER; PEAT; PERLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERMICULITE;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; BIOFERTILIZER; COMPOST; FUNGUS; HOST PLANT; MONOCOTYLEDON; PEAT; PERLITE; SOIL BIOTA; SYMBIOSIS; VERMICULITE;

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPOST; FARMING SYSTEM; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; GRASS; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; PASPALUM NOTATUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEEDLING; SOIL PROPERTY; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE; AGRICULTURE; FUNGUS SPORE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; PASPALUM; PLANT ROOT; SOIL;

ARBUSCULAR; FUNGI; PASPALUM NOTATUM;

AGRICULTURE; MYCORRHIZAE; PASPALUM; PLANT ROOTS; SOIL; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 77951225486     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2009.11.071     Document Type: Article

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