Diversity of fungi associated with hair roots of ericaceous plants is affected by land use

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 586-600

  Hazard, Christina ^a   Gosling, Paul ^b   Mitchell, Derek T ^a   Doohan, Fiona M ^a   Bending, Gary D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Biogeography; Calluna vulgaris; Ericoid mycorrhizal fungi; T RFLP

Indexed keywords

BAIT; BIOASSAY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FRUIT; FUNGUS; LAND USE CHANGE; MYCORRHIZA; PEATLAND; ROOT SYSTEM; SHRUB; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRICHOME;

IRELAND;

CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; FUNGI; VACCINIUM MACROCARPON;

FUNGAL DNA; NITROGEN; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CALLUNA; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CRANBERRY; GENETICS; IRELAND; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; PLANT ROOT; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SOIL; TREE; WETLAND;

BIODIVERSITY; CALLUNA; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; IRELAND; MYCORRHIZAE; NITROGEN; PLANT ROOTS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TREES; VACCINIUM MACROCARPON; WETLANDS;

EID: 84896722773     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12247     Document Type: Article

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