Arbuscular mycorrhiza and nitrogen: Implications for individual plants through to ecosystems

Plant and Soil

Volumn 386, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages

  Hodge, Angela ^a   Storer, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF); Carbon (C); Nitrogen (N); Nutrient cycling; Soil prokaryotes; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; MUTUALISM; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING;

EMBRYOPHYTA; FUNGI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84919844599     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: 15735036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-014-2162-1     Document Type: Review

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