Stable isotope signatures confirm carbon and nitrogen gain through ectomycorrhizas in the ghost orchid Epipogium aphyllum Swartz

Plant Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 270-275

  Liebel, H T ^a,b   Gebauer, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Fungal DNA analysis; Mycoheterotrophy; Mycorrhiza; N concentration; Orchidaceae; Stable isotopes 13C and 15N

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FUNGAL DNA; NITROGEN;

CARBON ISOTOPE; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; FUNGUS; HETEROTROPHY; MONOCOTYLEDON; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; NORWAY; ORCHIDACEAE; SYMBIOSIS;

CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; DNA, FUNGAL; MYCORRHIZAE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; NORWAY; ORCHIDACEAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYMBIOSIS;

NORWAY;

EPIPOGIUM APHYLLUM; FUNGI; HEBELOMA; INOCYBE; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 79751518722     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: 14388677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2010.00369.x     Document Type: Article

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