New insights into the mycorrhizal Rhizoscyphus ericae aggregate: Spatial structure and co-colonization of ectomycorrhizal and ericoid roots

New Phytologist

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 210-222

  Grelet, Gwen Aëlle ^a,b   Johnson, David ^a   Vrålstad, Trude ^d   Alexander, Ian J ^a   Anderson, Ian C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ericoid mycorrhizas; Fungal genets; Fungal networks; Meliniomyces; Rhizoscyphus ericae aggregate

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COLONIZATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; FUNGUS; GENET; GENETIC ANALYSIS; ROOT SYSTEM; SHRUB; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BACTERIAL COUNT; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LINGONBERRY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; PHYLOGENY; PINE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREE; UNITED KINGDOM; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ASCOMYCOTA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; GENOTYPE; GREAT BRITAIN; HAPLOTYPES; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MYCORRHIZAE; PHYLOGENY; PINUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREES; VACCINIUM VITIS-IDAEA;

FUNGI; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; RHIZOSCYPHUS ERICAE; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM VITIS-IDAEA;

EID: 77956273625     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03353.x     Document Type: Article

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