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Sammelbericht . Localization of the endophyte in mycotrophic organs
Author(s) -
Kelley Arthur Pierson
Publication year - 1964
Publication title -
zeitschrift für allgemeine mikrobiologie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.58
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1521-4028
pISSN - 0044-2208
DOI - 10.1002/jobm.19640040210
Subject(s) - endophyte , fungus , key (lock) , object (grammar) , biology , process (computing) , ecology , epistemology , botany , philosophy , computer science , linguistics , operating system
That fungi live with underground or creeping plant organs has, after much hesitation by more than one generation of plant scientists, been formally admitted as truth. It is conceded that fungus‐roots or mycorrhizae exist; also, mycorrhizomes and mycothalli. Conservative botanists fear to go much further; and even students of mycotrophy are reluctant to admit cognizance of the exact processes in the fungal exchange. Few of them realize what knowledge of the mycotrophic process lies buried in the literature; and the object of this paper is to uncover some of that evidence and bring it publicly forward. A key to the problem is localization of the endophyte; which, once admitted, leads rapidly to other considerations.