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@article{Merckx:2009:aob/mcp235,
author = {Merckx, V and Bidartondo, MI and Hynson, NA},
doi = {aob/mcp235},
journal = {Annals of Botany},
pages = {1255--1261},
title = {Myco-heterotrophy: when fungi host plants},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcp235},
volume = {104},
year = {2009}
}
TY - JOUR
AB - Myco-heterotrophic plants are partly or entirely non-photosynthetic plants that obtain energy and nutrients from fungi. These plants form a symbiosis with arbuscular mycorrhizal, ectomycorrhizal or saprotrophic fungi to meet their nutrient demands.This Botanical Briefing summarizes current knowledge about myco-heterotrophy, discusses its controversial aspects and highlights future directions for research.Considerable recent progress has been made in terms of understanding the evolutionary history, germination and nutrition of myco-heterotrophic plants. Myco-heterotrophic plants: (1) are diverse and often ancient lineages that have coevolved with fungi, (2) often demonstrate unusually high specificity towards fungi during germination and maturity, and (3) can either cheat common mycorrhizal networks supported by neighbouring photosynthetic plants to satisfy all or part of their energetic and nutritional needs, or recruit free-living saprotrophic fungi into novel mycorrhizal symbioses. However, several fundamental aspects of myco-heterotrophy remain controversial or unknown, such as symbiotic costs and physiology.
AU - Merckx,V
AU - Bidartondo,MI
AU - Hynson,NA
DO - aob/mcp235
EP - 1261
PY - 2009///
SN - 0305-7364
SP - 1255
TI - Myco-heterotrophy: when fungi host plants
T2 - Annals of Botany
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcp235
VL - 104
ER -
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