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ASYMBIOTIC GERMINATION OF ORCHID SEEDS ON CARBOHYDRAES OF FUNGAL ORIGIN
Author(s) -
SMITH S. E.
Publication year - 1973
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.1469-8137.1973.tb04400.x
Subject(s) - orchidaceae , germination , botany , mannitol , trehalose , biology , photosynthesis , biochemistry
SUMMARY Asymbiotic germination of two orchid species on sugars found in orchid mycorrhizal fungi was studied. Trehalose and glucose both provided a satisfactory carbon source for growth of non‐photosynthetic orchid protocorms while mannitol did not.