Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in the East African Highland banana cropping systems as related to edapho-climatic conditions and management practices: case study of Rwanda

Fungal Ecology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 225-233

  Gaidashova, S V ^a,b   Van Asten, P J A ^c   Jefwa, J M ^d   Delvaux, B ^b   Declerck, S ^b  

^a Rwanda Agricultural Research Institute   (Rwanda)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Uganda)

^d Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Institute of the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture   (Kenya)

Author keywords

AM fungi soil and root population density; Banana plant growth; Contrasted soil ecology; Rwanda; Spore diversity

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 77955568173     PISSN: 17545048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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