Open AccessYou are what you get from your fungi: nitrogen stable isotope patterns in Epipactis species
Author(s) -
Julienne M.I. Schiebold,
Martin I. Bidartondo,
Peter Karasch,
Barbara Gravendeel,
Gerhard Gebauer
Publication year - 2016
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/mcw265
Subject(s) - biology , botany , basidiocarp , taxonomy (biology)
Partially mycoheterotrophic plants are enriched in 13 C and 15 N compared to autotrophic plants. Here, it is hypothesized that the type of mycorrhizal fungi found in orchid roots is responsible for variation in 15 N enrichment of leaf tissue in partially mycoheterotrophic orchids.
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