New perspectives on the determination of phosphatase activity in ectomycorrhizae of nothofagus obliqua forests in southern Chile

Gayana - Botanica

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-46

  Alvarez, Maricel ^a,e   Härtel, Steffen ^b,c,d   Godoy, Roberto ^e   Heyser, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS CIENTÍFICOS CECS   (Chile)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Quimicas   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Ectomycorrhizae of nothofagus obliqua; ELF 97; Phosphatase activity; Quantitative fluorescence microscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952445613     PISSN: 00165301     EISSN: 07176643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0717-66432003000100007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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