Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi enhance photosynthesis, water use efficiency, and growth of frankincense seedlings under pulsed water availability conditions - Birhane, Emiru; Sterck, Frank J.; Fetene, Masresha; Bongers, Frans; Kuyper, Thomas W. (Oecologia, 2012)
Keywords: Atmospheric carbon dioxide; Biomass; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Boswellia; Boswellia - growth & development; Boswellia - microbiology; Boswellia - physiology; Carbon; Carbon - metabolism; carbon sequestration; Drought; drought tolerance; Droughts; Ecology; Field capacity; Fungi; Gas exchange; greenhouse experimentation; Growth; growth & development; Hydrology/Water Resources; leaf area; Life Sciences; metabolism; microbiology; Mycorrhizae; Mycorrhizae - physiology; mycorrhizal fungi; Nitrogen; Nitrogen - metabolism; Nutrient status; phosphorus; Phosphorus - metabolism; Photosynthesis; Physiological ecology - Original research; physiology; Phytochemistry; Plant Leaves; Plant Leaves - physiology; Plant Roots; Plant Roots - metabolism; Plant Roots - microbiology; Plant Sciences; Plant Stomata; Plant Stomata - physiology; Plant Transpiration; Potassium; Potassium - metabolism; Rain and rainfall; roots; seedling growth; Seedlings; Seedlings - growth & development; Seedlings - microbiology; shoots; Stomatal conductance; Symbiosis; Transpiration; vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizae; Water; Water availability; Water use; Water use efficiency; Water pulse; Precipitation; Seedling; AM fungi