Direct and indirect influences of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on phosphorus uptake by two root hemiparasitic Pedicularis species: do the fungal partners matter at low colonization levels? | Zendy

Airong Li | Zendy; Kaiyun Guan | Zendy; Rebecca Stonor | Zendy; Sally E. Smith | Zendy; F. A. SMITH | Zendy

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Direct and indirect influences of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on phosphorus uptake by two root hemiparasitic Pedicularis species: do the fungal partners matter at low colonization levels?

Author(s) -

Airong Li,

Kaiyun Guan,

Rebecca Stonor,

Sally E. Smith,

F. A. SMITH

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

annals of botany

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.567

H-Index - 176

eISSN - 1095-8290

pISSN - 0305-7364

DOI - 10.1093/aob/mct177

Subject(s) - biology , haustorium , parasitic plant , orobanchaceae , botany , hordeum vulgare , host (biology) , fungus , inoculation , glomus , colonization , nutrient , plant use of endophytic fungi in defense , symbiosis , phosphorus , spore , poaceae , horticulture , ecology , bacteria , genetics , materials science , metallurgy

Because most parasitic plants do not form mycorrhizal associations, the nutritional roles of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi in them have hardly been tested. Some facultative root hemiparasitic Pedicularis species form AM associations and hence are ideal for testing both direct and indirect effects of AM fungi on their nutrient acquisition. The aim of this study was to test the influence of AM inoculation on phosphorus (P) uptake by Pedicularis rex and P. tricolor.

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