Quantification of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal DNA in roots: how important is material preservation?

Mycorrhiza

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 205-214

  Janoušková, Martina ^a   Püschel, David ^a   Hujslová, Martina ^a   Slavíková, Renata ^a   Jansa, Jan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Intraradical colonization; PCR inhibition; Quantitative real time PCR (qPCR); Sample preservation

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; DNA; FUNGUS; INHIBITION; LEGUME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESERVATION; REAL TIME; ROOT COLONIZATION; ROOT SYSTEM;

FUNGI; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; RHIZOPHAGUS;

FUNGAL DNA;

BARREL MEDIC; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; PLANT ROOT; PRESERVATION;

DNA, FUNGAL; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; MYCORRHIZAE; PLANT ROOTS; PRESERVATION, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84924962530     PISSN: 09406360     EISSN: 14321890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00572-014-0602-7     Document Type: Article

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