Stimulation of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi by mycotrophic and nonmycotrophic plant root systems
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Transformed root cultures of three nonmycotrophic and one mycotrophic plant species stimulated germination and hyphal growth of the vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal (VAM) fungus Glomus etunicatum in a gel medium. Roots of the mycotrophic species supported continued hyphal exploration after 3 to 4 weeks and encouraged appressoria formation by Glomus etunicatum. The carrot roots gave rise to spatial information perceived by the fungus, but the non mycotrophic roots did not.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 1993
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Inoculation of woody legumes with selected arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and rhizobia to recover desertified Mediterranean ecosystems
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The significance and effectiveness of plant-microbe symbioses as a component of an appropriate revegetation strategy is evaluated. Exotic and native species of woody legumes used in revegetation programs were assayed and tested in a desertified semiarid ecosystem. It was found that the stabilization of a self-sustaining ecosystem can be promoted with the appropriate microsymbiont management of legumes.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 1993
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Fungal lipid accumulation and development of mycelial structures by two arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
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The relationship of the colonizing structures to the accumulation of phospholipids and neutral lipids in each fungus is investigated. The investigation hypothesized that arbuscule occurrence is correlated to an increase in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal phopholipids, while the occurrence of storage structures in the root is correlated to the accumulation of neutral lipids in intraradical mycelia.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 2003
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