Ubiquity of insect-derived nitrogen transfer to plants by endophytic insect-pathogenic fungi: An additional branch of the soil nitrogen cycle

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1553-1560

  Behie, Scott W ^a   Bidochka, Michael J ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEAUVERIA; CHORDATA; CORDYCEPS; ENDOPHYTE; FABACEAE; INSECT; ISOTOPE LABELING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN CYCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE;

ANIMALS; BEAUVERIA; CHORDATA; CORDYCEPS; ENDOPHYTES; FABACEAE; INSECTS; ISOTOPE LABELING; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; POACEAE;

EID: 84894073568     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03338-13     Document Type: Article

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