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I. Pathogenic variation in fungi and bacteria and mycorrhizal compatibility: Intraspecific variation in a mycorrhizal association
Author(s) -
MASON P. A.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
annals of applied biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1744-7348
pISSN - 0003-4746
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7348.1980.tb03926.x
Subject(s) - biology , symbiosis , botany , mycorrhiza , mycorrhizal fungi , fungus , rhizobium , intraspecific competition , spore , bacteria , ecology , inoculation , horticulture , genetics
Laboratory studies with combinations of the fly agaric, Amanita muscaria (L. ex Fries) Hooker and birch ( Betula pendula (Roth.)) suggest that the genetical control of mycorrhizal formation has features in common with the legume/ Rhizobium symbiosis. There are at least four factors that can be genetically controlled by either the host or the fungus: (a) mycorrhizal formation; (b) the extent of mycorrhizal development; (c) the pattern of mycorrhizal branching, and (d) the shape and size of the host root system.