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Tree-Fungus Interactions in Ectomycorrhizal Symbiosis

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Phytochemical Signals and Plant-Microbe Interactions

Part of the book series: Recent Advances in Phytochemistry ((RAPT,volume 32))

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The mycorrhiza is probably the most common symbiosis in which higher plants engage. More than 80% of higher terrestrial plants may be mycorrhizal.1 This may make the mycorrhiza the most common symbiosis in all of nature! Mycorrhizal fungi, those fungi that participate in the mycorrhizal symbiosis, are important and sometimes essential to their hosts, primarily because they can provide an avenue for nutrient (mostly N and P) acquisition in addition to the roots.

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Koide, R.T., Suomi, L., Berghage, R. (1998). Tree-Fungus Interactions in Ectomycorrhizal Symbiosis. In: Romeo, J.T., Downum, K.R., Verpoorte, R. (eds) Phytochemical Signals and Plant-Microbe Interactions. Recent Advances in Phytochemistry, vol 32. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5329-8_4

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