Common arbuscular mycorrhizal networks amplify competition for phosphorus between seedlings and established plants

New Phytologist

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 229-240

  Merrild, Marie P ^a   Ambus, Per ^a   Rosendahl, Søren ^b   Jakobsen, Iver ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Common mycorrhizal networks; Competition for phosphorus; Cucumis sativus (cucumber); Seedling growth; Solanum lycopersicon (tomato)

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CUTTING; FUNGUS; GRAZING; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SEEDLING; SENESCENCE; SOIL NUTRIENT;

ARBUSCULAR; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; FUNGI; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; RHIZOPHAGUS; SOLANUM;

CARBON; PHOSPHORUS;

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI; ARTICLE; COMMON MYCORRHIZAL NETWORKS; COMPETITION FOR PHOSPHORUS; CUCUMBER; CUCUMIS SATIVUS (CUCUMBER); GLOMEROMYCOTA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GROWTH; SEEDLING; SOLANUM LYCOPERSICON (TOMATO); TOMATO;

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI; COMMON MYCORRHIZAL NETWORKS; COMPETITION FOR PHOSPHORUS; CUCUMIS SATIVUS (CUCUMBER); SEEDLING GROWTH; SOLANUM LYCOPERSICON (TOMATO);

CARBON; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; GLOMEROMYCOTA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MYCORRHIZAE; PHOSPHORUS; SEEDLING;

EID: 84883051620     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12351     Document Type: Article

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