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THE SIGNIFICANCE OF MYCORRHIZAL NODULES OF AGATHIS AUSTRALIS
Author(s) -
MORRISON T. M.,
ENGLISH D. A.
Publication year - 1967
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.1469-8137.1967.tb06002.x
Subject(s) - nitrogen fixation , biology , botany , nodule (geology) , root nodule , mycorrhiza , symbiosis , bacteria , paleontology
S ummary Experiments using excised nodules of kauri showed that vesicular‐arbuscular mycorrhizal infection markedly stimulated phosphate absorption by these organs. Small but significant fixation of nitrogen was also noted in excised nodules, whether mycorrhizal or not.