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UPTAKE OF SULPHUR BY MYGORRHIZAL PLANTS
Author(s) -
MORRISON T. M.
Publication year - 1962
Publication title -
new phytologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.742
H-Index - 244
eISSN - 1469-8137
pISSN - 0028-646X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1962.tb06267.x
Subject(s) - sulfur , mycelium , pinus radiata , fungus , botany , biology , mycorrhizal fungi , chemistry , horticulture , inoculation , organic chemistry
S ummary Two experiments were consistent in showing that mycorrhizas are of no significance in sulphur accumulation by Pinus radiata even after a period of sulphur starvation. It is concluded that unlike phosphorus, sulphur has a free pathway through the mycelium of the mycorrhizal fungus.