Arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization increases phosphorus uptake and growth of corn in a white clover living mulch system

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 169-172

  Deguchi, Shin ^a   Uozumi, Sunao ^a   Touno, Eiko ^a   Kaneko, Makoto ^b   Tawaraya, Keitaro ^c  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR TOHOKU REGION   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR KYUSHU OKINAWA REGION   (Japan)

^c YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

arbuscular mycorrhizae; corn; fungicide; living mulch; phosphorus

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR; FUNGI; TRIFOLIUM REPENS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84865807573     PISSN: 00380768     EISSN: 17470765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00380768.2012.662697     Document Type: Article

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