Fresh perspectives on the roles of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in plant nutrition and growth

Mycologia

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-13

  Smith, Sally E ^a   Smith, F Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhiza; Phosphate uptake; Plant growth

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; ARSENATE; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; COLONIZATION; FUNGUS; GROWTH RATE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MUTUALISM; NUTRITION; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHORUS; SYMBIOSIS; TOLERANCE;

ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; FUNGUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT ROOT;

FUNGI; MYCORRHIZAE; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS;

EID: 84863116185     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: 15572536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3852/11-229     Document Type: Article

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