Host Associations Between Fungal Root Endophytes and Boreal Trees

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 460-473

  Kernaghan, Gavin ^a   Patriquin, Glenn ^a  

^a MOUNT SAINT VINCENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ABIES; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BIRCH; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDOPHYTE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYCORRHIZA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOT; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPRUCE; TREE;

ABIES; ASCOMYCOTA; BETULA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ENDOPHYTES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYCORRHIZAE; NOVA SCOTIA; PHYLOGENY; PICEA; PLANT ROOTS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; QUEBEC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TREES;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; ASCOMYCOTA; BETULA PAPYRIFERA; CENOCOCCUM GEOPHILUM; DERMATEACEAE; FUNGI; HELOTIACEAE; HYALOSCYPHACEAE; MYXOTRICHACEAE; PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 80051665796     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-011-9851-6     Document Type: Article

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