A comparative cytological analysis of fungal endophytes in the sporophyte rhizomes and vascularized gametophytes of Tmesipteris and Psilotum

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1443-1456

  Duckett, Jeffrey G ^a   Ligrone, Roberto ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Glomeromycota; Mitochondrial aggregates; Mycorrhiza; Pteridophytes; Sieve elements; Vessel elements

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED;

ENDOPHYTES; GLOMEROMYCOTA; MITOCHONDRIAL AGGREGATES; PTERIDOPHYTES; SIEVE ELEMENTS;

FUNGI;

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; CYTOLOGY; ENDOPHYTE; GAMETOPHYTE; RHIZOME; SPOROPHYTE; VASCULAR PLANT;

ANATOMY; CALLOSE; CYTOLOGY; FIBER STRUCTURE; HARDWOODS; MITOCHONDRIA; MYCORRHIZA; VESSELS;

ARBUSCULAR; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; GLOMEROMYCOTA; PSILOTOPHYTA; PSILOTUM; PTERIDOPHYTA; SPERMATOPHYTA; SPHERULES; TMESIPTERIS;

EID: 33744739583     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b05-102     Document Type: Article

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