No evidence for allelopathic effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on the non-host plant Stellaria media

Plant and Soil

Volumn 360, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 319-331

  Veiga, Rita S L ^a,b   Howard, Keya ^a,c   van der Heijden, Marcel G A ^a,b,c  

^a AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Agroecosystems; Allelopathy; Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF); Growth suppression; Non mycorrhizal hosts; Weeds

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; ALLELOPATHY; ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; DICOTYLEDON; FUNGUS; GERMINATION; GROWTH REGULATOR; HOST PLANT; MICROCOSM; SUBSTRATE; WEED CONTROL; WHEAT;

ARBUSCULAR; FUNGI; STELLARIA; STELLARIA MEDIA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84867745646     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-012-1256-x     Document Type: Article

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