Assessment of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community in roots and rhizosphere soils of Bt corn and their non-Bt isolines

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2473-2479

  Tan, Fengxiao ^a   Wang, Jianwu ^a   Chen, Zhuona ^a   Feng, Yuanjiao ^a   Chi, Guoliang ^a   Rehman, Shafiq Ur ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

AMF community structure; Bt corn; DGGE; Glomus; Mycorrhizal colonization; Rhizosphere soil

Indexed keywords

BT CORN; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; DGGE; GLOMUS; MYCORRHIZAL COLONIZATION; RHIZOSPHERE SOILS;

CULTIVATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; FUNGI; GENE ENCODING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATING; SOCIAL SCIENCES; VISUALIZATION;

SOILS;

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ELECTROKINESIS; FUNGUS; GENOTYPE; MAIZE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOSPHERE; ROOT COLONIZATION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARBUSCULAR; FUNGI; GLOMUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 80053934382     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.08.014     Document Type: Article

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