On the use of sodium hexametaphosphate to extract spores of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi from soil

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2273-2274

  Chagnon, Pierre Luc ^a   Bradley, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhiza; Na hexametaphosphate; Spore extraction; Spore viability

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL; ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI; ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAS; CLAY SOIL; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; FLOTATION TECHNIQUE; NA-HEXAMETAPHOSPHATE; SODIUM HEXAMETAPHOSPHATE; SOIL AGGREGATE; SPORE EXTRACTION; SPORE VIABILITY;

CLAY; FLOTATION; SODIUM; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

FUNGI;

ABUNDANCE; ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; CLAY SOIL; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FLOCCULATION; FUNGUS; OPTIMIZATION; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SPORE;

ARBUSCULAR; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 84860395992     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.07.021     Document Type: Article

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