Structure and development of orchid mycorrhizas

Molecular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 63-86

  Dearnaley, John ^a   Perotto, Silvia ^b   Selosse, Marc André ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Grassland ecosystems; Intracellular hyphal coils; Lithophytic species; Molecular mycorrhizal symbiosis; Molecular physiology; Mycorrhizal associations; Orchid mycorrhizas; Plant microbe interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018364488     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118951446.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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