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Role of Mycorrhizal Fungi in Growth Promotion of Crop Plants

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Progress in Mycology

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Living organisms in the biosphere exhibit a number of interactions, which either alter their environment and/or the size, and composition of each other’s populations. Of these, perhaps the most striking relationship is ‘symbiosis’ in which the partners live in a state of physical and physiological equilibrium and derive benefit from each other. One such symbiotic association is the mycorrhiza.

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Shende, S., Rai, M. (2010). Role of Mycorrhizal Fungi in Growth Promotion of Crop Plants. In: Rai, M., Kövics, G. (eds) Progress in Mycology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3713-8_9

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