Infectivity and community composition of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi from different soil depths in intensively managed agricultural ecosystems

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1200-1211

  Gai, Jingping ^a   Gao, Wenjun ^a   Liu, Lei ^a   Chen, Qing ^a   Feng, Gu ^a   Zhang, Junling ^a   Christie, Peter ^a   Li, Xiaolin ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhiza; Farming systems; Greenhouse vegetable soils; Molecular diversity; Soil depth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939998003     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: 16147480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-015-1060-3     Document Type: Article

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