Symbiotic germination and development of myco-heterotrophic plants in nature: Transfer of carbon from ectomycorrhizal Salix repens and Betula pendula to the orchid Corallorhiza trifida through shared hyphal connections

New Phytologist

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 539-548

  McKendrick, S L ^a   Leake, J R ^a   Read, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C transfer; Ectomycorrhiza; Heterotrophy; Hyphal connections; Orchid mycorrhiza; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

CARBON FLUX; GERMINATION; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; MYCORRHIZA; SYMBIOSIS;

BETULA PENDULA; CORALLORHIZA TRIFIDA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; SALIX REPENS;

EID: 0034021067     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2000.00592.x     Document Type: Article

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