Transport processes at the plant-fungus interface in mycorrhizal associations: physiological studies

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dc.contributor.authorAyling, S.
dc.contributor.authorSmith, S.
dc.contributor.authorSmith, F.
dc.contributor.authorKolesik, P.
dc.date.issued1997
dc.description.abstractThe roots of most plants form symbiotic associations with mycorrhizal fungi. The net flux of nutrients, particularly phosphorus (P), from the soil into the plant is greater in mycorrhizal than in comparable non-mycorrhizal plants. However despite the widespread occurrence of mycorrhizal associations the processes controlling the transfer of solutes between the symbionts are poorly understood. To understand the mechanisms regulating the transfer of solutes information about conditions at the interface between plant and fungus is needed. Measurements of apoplastic and intracellular electrical potential difference in leek roots colonised by mycorrhizal fungi and estimates of cytosolic pH in fungal hyphae are presented. These and the implications for plant/fungal mineral nutrition in vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizas are discussed.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityS. M. Ayling, S. E. Smith, F. A. Smith, and P. Kolesik
dc.identifier.citationPlant and Soil: international journal on plant-soil relationships, 1997; 196(2):305-310
dc.identifier.doi10.1023/A:1004284326231
dc.identifier.issn0032-079X
dc.identifier.issn1573-5036
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/13092
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherKluwer Academic Publishers
dc.rights©1997 Kluwer Academic Publishers.
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1023/a:1004284326231
dc.subjectAllium porrum L.
dc.subjectBCECF
dc.subjectcytoplasmic pH
dc.subjectelectric potential difference
dc.subjectleek
dc.subjectmycorrhiza
dc.titleTransport processes at the plant-fungus interface in mycorrhizal associations: physiological studies
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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