Morphological and functional stasis in mycorrhizal root nodules as exhibited by a Triassic conifer

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 33, 2011, Pages 13630-13634

  Schwendemann, Andrew B ^a   Decombeix, Anne Laure ^a   Taylor, Thomas N ^a   Taylor, Edith L ^a   Krings, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Glomeromycota

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONIFER; CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL; MYCORRHIZA; NODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIASSIC;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; CONIFEROPHYTA; FOSSILS; MYCORRHIZAE; PLANT ROOTS; ROOT NODULES, PLANT; SOIL; SYMBIOSIS;

ARAUCARIACEAE; ARBUSCULAR; CONIFEROPHYTA; FUNGI; GLOMEROMYCOTA; PODOCARPACEAE; SCIADOPITYACEAE;

EID: 80052005771     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1110677108     Document Type: Article

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