MYCORRHIZAL ASSOCIATIONS AND TROPHIC MODES IN COEXISTING ORCHIDS: AN ECOLOGICAL CONTINUUM BETWEEN AUTO- AND MIXOTROPHY

Mycorrhizal Associations and Trophic Modes in Coexisting Orchids: An Ecological Continuum between Auto- and Mixotrophy

Two distinct nutritional syndromes have been described in temperate green orchids.Most orchids form mycorrhizas with rhizoctonia fungi and are considered autotrophic.Some orchids, however, associate with fungi that simultaneously form ectomycorrhizas with surrounding trees and derive their carbon from these fungi.This click here evolutionarily deri

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Qualitative phytochemical analysis of bioactive constituents in acetone extract of seeds of Hydnocarpus pentandra

Ethnoveterinary medicine focuses on the practical use of community or area based traditional and indigenous knowledge including the collection, preparation and administration of medicinal plants or plant parts for curing diseases of animals.Hydnocarpus pentandra is a plant endemic to South India which is traditionally known for the antileprotic act

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Cytological and transcriptional dynamics analysis of host plant revealed stage-specific biological processes related to compatible rice-Ustilaginoidea virens interaction.

Rice false smut, a fungal disease caused by Ustilaginoidea virens is becoming a severe detriment to rice production worldwide.However, little is known about the molecular response of rice to attacks by the smut pathogen.In this article, we define the initial infection process as having three stages: initial colonization on the pistil (stage 1, S1),

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