Giving and receiving: Measuring the carbon cost of mycorrhizas in the green orchid, Goodyera repens

New Phytologist

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 176-184

  Cameron, Duncan D ^a   Johnson, Irene ^a   Read, David J ^a   Leake, Jonathan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

14C; Autotrophy; Carbon budget; Myco heterotrophy; Net carbon fluxes; Orchid; Radio isotope

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

AMINO ACID; AUTOTROPHY; CARBON FLUX; CARBON ISOTOPE; HETEROTROPHY; MONOCOTYLEDON; MYCORRHIZA; RADIONUCLIDE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; ORCHIDACEAE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; MYCORRHIZAE; ORCHIDACEAE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TIME FACTORS;

ARBUSCULAR; CERATOBASIDIUM CORNIGERUM; FUNGI; GOODYERA REPENS; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 51249085818     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02533.x     Document Type: Article

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