A new Oidiodendron maius strain isolated from Rhododendron fortunei and its effects on nitrogen uptake and plant growth

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue AUG, 2016, Pages

  Wei, Xiangying ^a,b   Chen, Jianjun ^a,b   Zhang, Chunying ^c   Pan, Dongming ^a  

^a FUJIAN AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Shanghai Institute of Landscape Architecture   (China)

Author keywords

Ammonium transporters; Ericoid mycorrhiza; Nitrate transporters; Nitrogen; Oidiodendron maius; Rhododendron

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ERICACEAE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NITROGEN UPTAKE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OIDIODENDRON MAIUS; PLANT GROWTH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHODODENDRON FORTUNEI; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84989159283     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01327     Document Type: Article

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