The endophytic mycobiota of Arabidopsis thaliana

Fungal Diversity

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 71-89

  García, Elena ^a,d   Alonso, Ángela ^b   Platas, Gonzalo ^c   Sacristán, Soledad ^a  

^a ETSI MontesTechnical University of Madrid   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c MEDINA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Ecology; Endophyte; Mycobiota; Wild populations

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; MYCOTA;

EID: 84878944546     PISSN: 15602745     EISSN: 18789129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13225-012-0219-0     Document Type: Article

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