Mycorrhizal colonization of major banana genotypes in six East African environments

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 157, Issue , 2012, Pages 40-46

  Gaidashova, Svetlana ^a   Nsabimana, Antoine ^b   Karamura, Deborah ^c   van Asten, Piet ^d   Declerck, Stephane ^e  

^a RWANDA AGRICULTURE BOARD   (Rwanda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA   (Rwanda)

^c BIOVERSITY INTERNATIONAL   (Italy)

^d INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Uganda)

^e UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF); East Africa; Musa spp.; Root colonization

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; ASSESSMENT METHOD; COLONIZATION; DROUGHT STRESS; FUNGUS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENOTYPE; HERB; ION EXCHANGE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PH; POPULATION DENSITY; ROOT COLONIZATION; SOIL FERTILITY; SYMBIOSIS; YIELD RESPONSE;

EAST AFRICA;

ARBUSCULAR; FUNGI; MUSA;

EID: 84863774477     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2012.01.005     Document Type: Article

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