Why and how using micropropagated trees rather than germinations for controlled synthesis of ectomycorrhizal associations?

Mycorrhiza: State of the Art, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Eco-Function, Biotechnology, Eco-Physiology, Structure and Systematics (Third Edition)

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 439-465

  Herrmann, Sylvie ^a   Buscot, François ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

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