Studies on the status of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal fungi on the fodder crop Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench

Tropical Life Sciences Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 99-109

  Albert, Egbert Selwin Rose ^a   Sathianesan, Mary Sherly ^b  

^a ST JOSEPH S COLLEGE   (India)

^b Municipal Primary School Campus   (India)

Author keywords

AM Fungi; Colonisation; Glomus aggregatum; Sorghum bicolor; Spore; Sporocarps

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; MAIZE; MYCORRHIZA; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL TYPE; SORGHUM; SPORE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU;

ACAULOSPORA BIRETICULATA; ANIMALIA; ARBUSCULAR; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; GLOMUS AGGREGATUM; POACEAE; SORGHUM BICOLOR; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 78149374770     PISSN: 19853718     EISSN: 19858345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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