The influence of fertilizer level and spore density on arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization of transgenic Bt 11 maize (Zea mays) in experimental microcosms

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 304-312

  Cheeke, Tanya E ^a   Pace, Brian A ^a   Rosenstiel, Todd N ^a   Cruzan, Mitchell B ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF); Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt); Bt 11; Cry1Ab; Transgenic; Zea mays (maize)

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENDOTOXIN; FERTILIZER; HEMOLYSIN; INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; BACTERIUM; COLONIZATION; CULTIVAR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZER; INOCULATION; INSECTICIDE; MAGNITUDE; MAIZE; MICROCOSM; POPULATION DENSITY; SOIL TYPE; SPORE; SYMBIOSIS; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETICS; GLOMEROMYCOTA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENDOTOXINS; FERTILIZERS; GLOMEROMYCOTA; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; MYCORRHIZAE; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPORES, FUNGAL; ZEA MAYS;

ARBUSCULAR; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; FUNGI; GLOMUS MOSSEAE; HEXAPODA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 78650787229     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.01013.x     Document Type: Article

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