A case of Pyrola plantlets with picky palates leads to new insights on mycoheterotrophic seedlings and the fungi that feed them

New Phytologist

Volumn 195, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 503-506

  Hynson, Nicole A ^a   Jolles, Diana ^b   Madsen, Thomas P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b RANCHO SANTA ANA BOTANIC GARDEN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Germination; Mycoheterotrophy; Mycorrhiza; Pyroleae; Sebacinales

Indexed keywords

GERMINATION; HETEROTROPHY; MICROBIOLOGY; NOTE; ORCHIDACEAE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; PYROLA;

GERMINATION; HETEROTROPHIC PROCESSES; ORCHIDACEAE; PYROLA; SEEDS;

FUNGI; PYROLA; PYROLEAE; SEBACINALES;

EID: 84863734320     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04213.x     Document Type: Note

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