Effect of controlled inoculation with specific mycorrhizal fungi from the urban environment on growth and physiology of containerized shade tree species growing under different water regimes

Mycorrhiza

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 703-719

  Fini, Alessio ^a   Frangi, Piero ^b   Amoroso, Gabriele ^b   Piatti, Riccardo ^b   Faoro, Marco ^b   Bellasio, Chandra ^a   Ferrini, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Fondazione Minoprio   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acer campestre; Leaf gas exchange; OJIP test; PSII photochemistry; Quercus robur; Tilia cordata; Water stress

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; WATER;

CHLOROPHYLL; DECIDUOUS TREE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; FLUORESCENCE; FUNGUS; GAS EXCHANGE; GROWING SEASON; INOCULATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; URBAN AREA; WATER STRESS;

ACER; AGRICULTURAL INOCULATION; ARTICLE; CITY PLANNING; EVALUATION; FORESTRY; FUNGUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; OAK; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TILIA; TREE;

ACER; AGRICULTURAL INOCULANTS; CHLOROPHYLL; CITY PLANNING; FORESTRY; FUNGI; MYCORRHIZAE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; QUERCUS; TILIA; TREES; WATER;

ACER; ACER CAMPESTRE; ARBUSCULAR; FUNGI; MALVACEAE; QUERCUS ROBUR; TILIA CORDATA;

EID: 80355132265     PISSN: 09406360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00572-011-0370-6     Document Type: Article

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