Ectomycorrhizal fungi associated with two species of Kobresia in an alpine meadow in the eastern Himalaya

Mycorrhiza

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 281-287

  Gao, Qian ^a,b   Yang, Zhu L ^a  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Alpine meadow; Dauciform root; ITS rDNA; Kobresia; Mycobiont

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; FUNGUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HOT SPOT; MEADOW; MONOCOTYLEDON; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; CYPERACEAE; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGUS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYCORRHIZA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOT;

BIODIVERSITY; CHINA; CYPERACEAE; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FUNGI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCORRHIZAE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CHINA; HIMALAYAS;

ASCOMYCOTA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; CAREX; CENOCOCCUM GEOPHILUM; CORTINARIUS; FUNGI; HYMENOSCYPHUS; INOCYBE; KOBRESIA; KOBRESIA CAPILLIFOLIA; LACHNUM; OTUS; RUSSULA; SEBACINA;

EID: 77952959620     PISSN: 09406360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00572-009-0287-5     Document Type: Article

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