What is the link between carbon and phosphorus fluxes in arbuscular mycorrhizas? A null hypothesis for symbiotic function

New Phytologist

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-6

  Fitter, A H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apoplast; Arbuscule; Cheating; Hexose transporters; Root proliferation

Indexed keywords

CARBON; PHOSPHORUS;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; LETTER; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; SYMBIOSIS;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; CARBON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYCORRHIZAE; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS; SYMBIOSIS;

ARBUSCULAR;

EID: 33747594050     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01861.x     Document Type: Letter

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