Plant lignin content altered by soil microbial community

New Phytologist

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 166-174

  Bennett, Alison E ^a   Grussu, Dominic ^b   Kam, Jason ^b   Caul, Sandra ^a   Halpin, Claire ^b  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

rob1; Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi; Barley (Hordeum vulgare); Dark septate endophyte lignin; Plant defense; Soil microbial community

Indexed keywords

BARLEY; CULTIVAR; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FUNGUS; GENOTYPE; LIGNIN; MUTATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SOIL MICROORGANISM; WILD POPULATION;

FUNGI; HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE;

LIGNIN;

BIOMASS; GENETICS; HORDEUM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; MYCORRHIZA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; SHOOT;

BIOMASS; HORDEUM; LIGNIN; MUTATION; MYCORRHIZAE; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84923306065     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13171     Document Type: Article

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