Ecological studies of the bio-inoculant Trichoderma hamatum LU592 in the root system of Pinus radiata

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 709-721

  Hohmann, Pierre ^a   Jones, Elisabeth Eirian ^a   Hill, Robert A ^a   Stewart, Alison ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Inoculum density; Mycelia quantification; Pinus radiata; Population dynamics; Root colonization; Trichoderma hamatum

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

CONIFEROUS TREE; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MARKER; GROWTH RATE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROPAGULE; RHIZOSPHERE; ROOT COLONIZATION; ROOT SYSTEM; SPORE;

ARTICLE; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCELIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; PINE; PLANT ROOT; REPORTER GENE; RHIZOSPHERE; SEEDLING; TRICHODERMA;

GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MYCELIUM; PINUS; PLANT ROOTS; RHIZOSPHERE; SEEDLING; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPORES, FUNGAL; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRICHODERMA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; PINUS RADIATA; TRICHODERMA; TRICHODERMA HAMATUM;

EID: 84860661037     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2012.01340.x     Document Type: Article

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