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A NEW METHOD FOR PRODUCING PURE VESICULAR‐ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA‐HOST CULTURES WITHOUT SPECIALIZED MEDIA
Author(s) -
JOHN T. V. ST.,
HAYS R. I.,
REID C. P. P.
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.tb04750.x
Subject(s) - mycorrhiza , arbuscular mycorrhiza , arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi , biology , arbuscular mycorrhizal , host (biology) , botany , horticulture , symbiosis , ecology , bacteria , inoculation , genetics
S ummary A method is reported for synthesizing pure two‐membered vesicular‐arbuscular mycorrhiza infections without complex media. The method should make possible several kinds of experiments not feasible with previously published methods. Plant growth rate was comparable to that in non‐sterile systems.