Molecular diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi associated with two co-occurring perennial plant species on a Tibetan altitudinal gradient

Mycorrhiza

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 95-107

  Li, Xiaoliang ^a   Gai, Jingping ^a   Cai, Xiaobu ^c   Li, Xiaolin ^a   Christie, Peter ^a,b   Zhang, Fusuo ^a   Zhang, Junling ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c TIBET UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alpine environment; Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Elevational gradient; Mount Segrila; rDNA

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; APICAL DOMINANCE; ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; DNA; FUNGUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GRASS; GRASSLAND; HOST PLANT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY; PERENNIAL PLANT; PLANT COMMUNITY; RHIZOSPHERE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

ACAULOSPORACEAE; FUNGI; GLOMERACEAE; KOBRESIA; OTUS; PENNISETUM CENTRASIATICUM;

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; BIOTA; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYPERACEAE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYCORRHIZA; PENNISETUM; PHYLOGENY;

BIOTA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYPERACEAE; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCORRHIZAE; PENNISETUM; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TIBET;

EID: 84904410351     PISSN: 09406360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00572-013-0518-7     Document Type: Article

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