The dynamics of root colonisation by communities of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in jarrah forest soil (original) (raw)

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v (3) Examination of the species composition of communities of AM fungi in relation to the benefit of the symbioses to plant growth………………………………………………………….. (4) Investigation of growth of a combination of different plant communities with different AM fungal communities…..…….... Chapter 3. Mycorrhiza formation and growth of plants in soil with reconstructed communities of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi…………………………....

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