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ROOT SIZE, ROOT HAIRS AND MYCORRHIZAL INFECTION: A RE‐EXAMINATION OF BAYLIS'S HYPOTHESIS WITH TROPICAL TREES
Author(s) -
JOHN T.V. St
Publication year - 1980
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.1469-8137.1980.tb04555.x
Subject(s) - biology , root (linguistics) , botany , mycorrhizal fungi , root hair , root system , horticulture , inoculation , philosophy , linguistics , biochemistry , gene
S ummary A series of 89 Brazilian forest species, for which root characteristics and VA mycorrhizal condition were known, was used to test an aspect of Baylis's magnolioid root hypothesis. A non‐parametric statistical test showed a significant association between magnolioid root characteristics and VA infection.