Arbuscular mycorrhiza effects on Faidherbia albida (Del.) A. Chev. growth under varying soil water and phosphorus levels in Northern Ethiopia

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 485-498

  Hailemariam, Mengsteab ^a   Birhane, Emiru ^a,d   Gebresamuel, Girmay ^a   Gebrekiros, Abraha ^a   Desta, Yohannes ^a   Alemayehu, Alazar ^e   Muruts, Hintsa ^a   Araya, Tesfay ^b   Norgrove, Lindsey ^c  

^a MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

^c BERN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^e ADDIS ABABA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Faidherbia albida; Growth performance; Inoculum source; Phosphorus application levels; Water status

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; BIOMASS; DRYLAND FARMING; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRAZING; GROWTH; INOCULATION; LEGUME; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHOSPHORUS; SEEDLING; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL WATER; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER CONTENT;

ETHIOPIA;

FAIDHERBIA ALBIDA; FUNGI;

EID: 85032669742     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-017-0146-x     Document Type: Article

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