Efflux of hydraulically lifted water from mycorrhizal fungal hyphae during imposed drought

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 68-71

  Egerton Warburton, Louise M ^a,b,c   Querejeta, José Ignacio ^a,d   Allen, Michael F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hydraulic lift; Microbial abundance; Mycorrhizal hyphae; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Quercus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; QUERCUS;

EID: 41349096737     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.3.1.4924     Document Type: Article

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