ECO-MICROBIOLOGICAL STUDIES ON THE ROOTS OF PSAMMOPHYTES, COASTAL SAND DUNES, NORTHWESTERN COAST OF EGYPT

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

• A. A. El-Khouly ¹
• G. El-Sherbiny ²

¹ Department of Plain Ecology and Range Management. Desert Research Center, El-Matareya, Cairo. Egypt.

² Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.

Keywords

• sand dune
• root length
• root system
• root/shoot ratio
• root biomass
• soil prooerties
• rhizosphere microflora. Ecliium sericum. Ononis vaginalis
• Euphorbia paralias
• Jasonia maritima
• Pancratium maritima
• Lotus polyphyllus
• Amophyla arenaria
• Aeluropus lagopoides

Main Subjects

• Natural resources
• Plants