Endophytic fungi of Norway spruce roots in boreal pristine mire, drained peatland and mineral soil and their inhibitory effect on Heterobasidion parviporum in vitro

Fungal Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 17-26

  Terhonen, Eeva ^a   Keriö, Susanna ^a   Sun, Hui ^a   Asiegbu, Fred O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Diversity; Heterobasidion parviporum; Inhibitory; Norway spruce; Peatland; Pristine mire; Root endophytes; Root pathogen

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899937306     PISSN: 17545048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2014.01.003     Document Type: Article

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