Host species and strain combination determine growth reduction of spruce and birch seedlings colonized by root-associated dark septate endophytes

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1064-1076

  Reininger, Vanessa ^a   Grünig, Christoph R ^b   Sieber, Thomas N ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MICROSYNTH AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BIOMASS; BIRCH; ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; SEEDLING; SPRUCE;

ASCOMYCOTA; BETULA; BIOMASS; ENDOPHYTES; FUNGI; PICEA; PLANT ROOTS; SEEDLING;

ACEPHALA APPLANATA; BETULA PENDULA; PHIALOCEPHALA FORTINII; PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 84859424087     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02686.x     Document Type: Article

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