The dual symbiosis between arbuscular mycorrhiza and nitrogen fixing bacteria benefits the growth and nutrition of the woody invasive legume Acacia cyclops under nutrient limiting conditions

Plant and Soil

Volumn 366, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 229-241

  Mortimer, Peter E ^a,b   Le Roux, Marcellous R ^c   Pérez Fernández, Maria A ^d   Benedito, Vagner A ^e   Kleinert, Aleysia ^c   Xu, Jianchu ^b   Valentine, Alexander J ^c  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^e WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acacia cyclops; Arbuscular mycorrhiza; Dual symbiosis; Invasive species; Nitrogen fixing bacteria; P and N nutrition; Xylem sap

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; GROWTH RATE; INOCULATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LEGUME; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL NUTRIENT; SYMBIOSIS; XYLEM;

ACACIA; ACACIA CYCLOPS; ARBUSCULAR; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GLOMUS MOSSEAE;

EID: 84876450255     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-012-1421-2     Document Type: Article

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