Diversity of culturable ericoid mycorrhizal fungi of Rhododendron decorum in Yunnan, China

Mycologia

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 703-709

  Tian, W ^a,b   Zhang, C Q ^a   Qiao, P ^a,b   Milne, R ^c  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ericoid mycorrhiza; Oidiodendron maius; Rhizoscyphus ericae; Rhododendron decorum; Southwestern china

Indexed keywords

ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; NEW RECORD; ROOT SYSTEM; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WOODY PLANT;

CHINA; YUNNAN;

FUNGI; HELOTIALES; OIDIODENDRON MAIUS; RHIZOSCYPHUS ERICAE; RHODODENDRON; RHODODENDRON DECORUM;

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYCORRHIZA; NODULATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOT; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RHODODENDRON;

ASCOMYCOTA; BASE SEQUENCE; BIODIVERSITY; CHINA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCORRHIZAE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOTS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RHODODENDRON; ROOT NODULES, PLANT;

EID: 80052546247     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: 15572536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3852/10-296     Document Type: Article

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