Biotic environment of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in soil

Arbuscular Mycorrhizas: Physiology and Function

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 209-236

  Jansa, Jan ^a   Gryndler, Milan ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Carbon; Diversity; Dynamics; Ecology; Interactions; Methods; Microorganisms; Rhizosphere; Soil

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958794809     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9489-6_10     Document Type: Chapter

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