Mycorrhizal Enhancement of Water Transport in Soybean

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Authors

Gene R. Safir · University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

J. S. Boyer · University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

J. W. Gerdemann · University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Abstract

Mycorrhizae produced by Endogone mosseae decrease the resistance to water transport in soybean (Glycine max L.). The decrease was associated with an increase in the growth of shoots but not of roots.

Topics & Keywords

Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions Plant Parasitism and Resistance Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Clean water and sanitation

Publication Details

Published in: Science

Volume 172, Issue 3983, pp. 581-583

DOI: 10.1126/science.172.3983.581

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