The ectomycorrhizal specialist orchid Corallorhiza trifida is a partial myco-heterotroph

New Phytologist

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 395-400

  Zimmer, Katja ^a   Meyer, Cornelia ^a   Gebauer, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll content; Corallorhiza trifida; Ectomycorrhiza; Myco heterotrophy; Orchidaceae; Stable isotopes; Tomentella

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CHLOROPHYLL; DICOTYLEDON; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SPECIALIST; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; ORCHIDACEAE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

CARBON; MYCORRHIZAE; NITROGEN; ORCHIDACEAE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

CORALLORHIZA; CORALLORRHIZA TRIFIDA; FUNGI; ORCHIDACEAE; TOMENTELLA;

EID: 41149180058     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02362.x     Document Type: Article

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