Arbuscular mycorrhizal parameters and indicators of soil health and functioning: Applications in agricultural and agroforestal systems

Soil Microbes and Environmental Health

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 239-270

  Pagano, Marcela Claudia ^a   Schalamuk, Santiago ^b   Cabello, Marta Noemí ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services conservation; Mycorrhizal symbioses; Soil mycobiota

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895309804     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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