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Direct observation of spores of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi growing on sugar maple roots in the field, using sodium hexametaphosphate as a soil dispersant

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Pages 419-423 | Accepted 09 Feb 1995, Published online: 29 Aug 2018

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