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Ectomycorrhizas in the Ecosystem

Structural, Functional and Community Aspects

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Biotechnology of Ectomycorrhizae

Abstract

One hundred years have elapsed since Frank (1894) used a combination of careful field observations and laboratory growth studies to develop the first detailed hypothesis concerning the significance of the ectomycorrhizal symbiosis. He envisaged that mycorrhizal fungi absorbed organic nitrogen (N) from the superficial layers of forrest soil, passing this element to the trees, at the same time obtaining carbon to sustain themselves. It is in many ways regrettable that in the ensuing century, research on the symbiosis has not been based on the same integrated approach, but followed two distinct and often divergent paths, one leading to analysis of function under simplified laboratory conditions, the other to evaluation, in the field, of the relationships between the fungi involved and plant roots. In order to achieve any understanding of the ecological significance of the ectomycorrhizal symbiosis, a synthesis of progress made in the two separate lines of advance is essential. This paper, while attempting to provide such a synthesis, also contains a plea that in the next century of research the two hitherto largely independent paths will converge so that the diverse biological attributes of the symbiosis can be viewed in a more realistic context.

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Read, D.J. (1995). Ectomycorrhizas in the Ecosystem. In: Stocchi, V., Bonfante, P., Nuti, M. (eds) Biotechnology of Ectomycorrhizae. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1889-1_1

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