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Bookmark or Share- Mycorrhiza - WikipediaThe term mycorrhiza refers to the role of the fungus in the plant's rhizosphere, the plant root system and its surroundings. Mycorrhizae play important roles in plant nutrition, soil biology, and soil chemistry.
- Mycorrhizal Fungi | Oklahoma State University - OSU ExtensionMycorrhiza, which means “fungus-root,” is defined as a beneficial, or symbiotic relationship between a fungus and the roots of its host plant. This relationship is a natural infection of a plant’s root system in which the plant supplies the fungus with sugars and carbon and receives water and/or nutrients in return.
- Unique and common traits in mycorrhizal symbiosesMycorrhizas are ubiquitous mutualistic symbioses established between plant roots and soil fungi. Across the intimate cellular contact between the two symbiotic partners, mycorrhizal fungi receive...
- Mycorrhizae in the Landscape - University of ArizonaMycorrhizae (pronounced mi-cor-ri-zay) form a mutualistic relationship with the living plants they colonize: both the fun-gus and the plant benefit from the association. In general, mycorrhizae assist the plant by improving water and mineral nutrient uptake.
- Mechanisms underlying beneficial plant–fungus interactions in ...Mycorrhizal fungi colonize environments such as alpine and boreal zones, tropical forests, grasslands and croplands. They have a major role in nutrient cycling through the specific activity of...
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