Unique arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities uncovered in date palm plantations and surrounding desert habitats of Southern Arabia

Mycorrhiza

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 195-209

  Al Yahya'ei, Mohamed N ^a,b,c   Oehl, Fritz ^a,d   Vallino, Marta ^b   Lumini, Erica ^b   Redecker, Dirk ^a,e   Wiemken, Andres ^a   Bonfante, Paola ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Oman   (Oman)

^d AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhiza; Biodiversity; Date palm; Desert; Dry land; Natural vegetation; Oasis; Southern Arabia

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; ARID ENVIRONMENT; ARID REGION; BIODIVERSITY; DICOTYLEDON; FUNGUS; MONOCOTYLEDON; NATIVE SPECIES; OASIS; PHYLOGENETICS; PLANTATION;

ARECACEAE; ARTICLE; ASIA; CLASSIFICATION; DESERT CLIMATE; FUNGUS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST RANGE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYCORRHIZA; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; SOIL; TREE;

ARABIA; ARECACEAE; DESERT CLIMATE; FUNGI; HOST SPECIFICITY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCORRHIZAE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOTS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TREES;

ARABIAN PENINSULA;

ARBUSCULAR; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GLOMUS; GLOMUS INTRARADICES; GLOMUS MOSSEAE; GLOMUS SINUOSUM; HELIOTROPIUM; HELIOTROPIUM KOTSCHYI; PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA; POLYGALA ERIOPTERA; POLYGALACEAE; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS CINERARIA; SALVADORA PERSICA; TETRAENA HAMIENSIS; ZYGOPHYLLACEAE;

EID: 79952709074     PISSN: 09406360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00572-010-0323-5     Document Type: Article

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