Myco-heterotroph/epiparasitic plant interactions with ectomycorrhizal and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 422-428

  Leake, Jonathan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AM; arbuscular mycorrhiza; ectomycorrhiza; EM; MH; MH plant; MHP; myco heterotrophic

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYMBIOSIS;

CARBON ISOTOPES; MYCORRHIZAE; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMBIOSIS;

FUNGI; VIRIDIPLANTAE;

EID: 3042761250     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2004.04.004     Document Type: Review

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