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TECHNIQUES FOR STUDYING THE INFECTION OF PLANTS BY VESICULAR‐ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI UNDER AXENIC CONDITIONS
Author(s) -
HEPPER CHRISTINE M.
Publication year - 1981
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.1469-8137.1981.tb01740.x
Subject(s) - axenic , biology , symbiosis , fungus , spore , germination , arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi , hypha , spore germination , botany , mycorrhiza , arbuscular mycorrhizal , bacteria , inoculation , horticulture , genetics
SUMMARY Methods of growing axenic seedlings infected by vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi are described, using agar, paper or glass as a support. Two of the techniques are particularly suitable for studying the interaction between the fungus and the host plant, for example the germination of the spore inoculum, hyphal growth around the roots before the symbiosis has been initiated and the early stages of root penetration.