Using direct amplification and next-generation sequencing technology to explore foliar endophyte communities in experimentally inoculated western white pines

Fungal Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue , 2015, Pages 170-178

  Bullington, Lorinda S ^a   Larkin, Beau G ^a  

^a Fire Tree Wildland Fire Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Co occurrence patterns; Direct sequencing; Foliar endophytes; Fungal inoculation; Fungi; Illumina; Pinus monticola (western white pine); QIIME

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940778642     PISSN: 17545048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2015.07.005     Document Type: Article

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