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Relationship of extra-matrical hyphae of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to plant growth response

Creator:

Kough, John Lawrence

Abstract:

The colonization of several species of plants by vesicularar-buscular mycorrhizae (VAM) was studied to determine how host, soil, or symbiont factors interacted to enhance growth of the host plant. Seedlings of two species of the Cuppressaceae and two of the Taxodiaceae formed VAM; colonization significantly improved growth. This response to...

Resource Type:

Dissertation

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-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to plant growth response AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF John Lawrence Kough for