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Also known as mycorrhizae, mycorhiza

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Encyclopedic overview

34 sections
Contents
  • Definition
  • History of research
  • Evolution
  • Emergence alongside terrestrial plants
  • Fossil record and genomic analysis
  • Origins in plants
  • Origins in fungi
  • Arbuscular mycorrhizae
  • Ectomycorrhizae
  • Orchid mycorrhizae
  • Ericoid mycorrhizae
  • Types
  • Similar symbiotic relationships
  • Ectomycorrhiza
  • Arbutoid mycorrhiza
  • Arbuscular mycorrhiza
  • Mucoromycotina fine root endophytes
  • Ericoid mycorrhiza
  • Orchid mycorrhiza
  • Monotropoid mycorrhiza
  • Function
  • Formation
  • Mechanisms
  • Sugar-water/mineral exchange
  • Disease, drought and salinity resistance and its correlation to mycorrhizae
  • Resistance to insects
  • Colonization of barren soil
  • Resistance to toxicity
  • Occurrence of mycorrhizal associations
  • Climate change
  • Conservation and mapping
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

thumb|Introductory video animation providing some basic information about mycorrhizas.

A mycorrhiza (; , mycorrhiza, or mycorrhizas) is a symbiotic association between a fungus and a plant, in which fungal hyphae and plant roots become interconnected and form an interface on the cellular level. The term mycorrhiza refers to the role of the fungus in the plant's rhizosphere, the plant root system and its surroundings. Mycorrhizae play important roles in plant nutrition, soil biology, and soil chemistry.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “mycorrhiza” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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