Symbiotic germination capability of four epipactis species (orchidaceae) is broader than expected from adult ecology

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1020-1032

  Teššitelová, Tamara ^a,b   Teššitel, Jakub ^a   Jersáková, Jana ^a,b   Říhová, Gabriela ^a   Selosse, Marc André ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Ecological niche; Ectomycorrhizal ascomycete; Epipactis; Habitat preferences; Mixotrophy; Mycoheterotrophy; Orchid mycorrhiza; Orchidaceae; Pezizales; Seed germination

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RNA 18S; RNA 28S; RNA 5.8S;

ADULT; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; FUNGUS; GENERALIST; GERMINATION; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT TYPE; MONOCOTYLEDON; NICHE PARTITIONING; SEEDLING; SOWING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIALIST; SPECIALIZATION; SYMBIOSIS;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CZECH REPUBLIC; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYCORRHIZA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORCHIDACEAE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SEEDLING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYMBIOSIS;

ASCOMYCOTA; CZECH REPUBLIC; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHY; GERMINATION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCORRHIZAE; ORCHIDACEAE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 28S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5.8S; SEEDLING; SEEDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMBIOSIS;

ASCOMYCOTA; EPIPACTIS; FUNGI; ORCHIDACEAE; PEZIZALES;

EID: 84862132653     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1100503     Document Type: Article

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