Fungi from the roots of the terrestrial photosynthetic orchid Himantoglossum adriaticum

Plant Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 145-152

  Pecoraro, Lorenzo ^a   Girlanda, Mariangela ^b   Kull, Tiiu ^a   Perini, Claudia ^c   Perotto, Silvia ^b  

^a ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ascomycetes; Basidiomycetes; Himantoglossum adriaticum; ITS primers; Mycorrhizal fungi; Orchids

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880680740     PISSN: 20323913     EISSN: 20323921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.2013.782     Document Type: Article

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