Mycorrhizal symbiosis

Title:

Personal Author:

Smith, Sally E.

Edition:

3rd ed.

Publication Information:

Boston : Elsevier, 2008

Physical Description:

ix, 605 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.

ISBN:

9780123705266

9780126528404

Subject Term:

Mycorrhizas

Added Author:

Read, D. J. (David J.)

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The roots of most plants are colonized by symbiotic fungi to form mycorrhiza, which play a critical role in the capture of nutrients from the soil and therefore in plant nutrition. Mycorrhizal Symbiosis is recognized as the definitive work in this area. Since the last edition was published there have been major advances in the field, particularly in the area of molecular biology, and the new edition has been fully revised and updated to incorporate these exciting new developments.

Author Notes

Sally E. Smith is affiliated with Soil and Land Systems, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Waite Campus, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia.

Preface	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
Section 1 Arbuscular mycorrhizas	p. 11
1 The symbionts forming arbuscular mycorrhizas	p. 13
2 Colonization of roots and anatomy of arbuscular mycorrhizas	p. 42
3 Genetic, cellular and molecular interactions in the establishment of arbuscular mycorrhizas	p. 91
4 Growth and carbon economy of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbionts	p. 117
5 Mineral nutrition, toxic element accumulation and water relations of arbuscular mycorrhizal plants	p. 145
Section 2 Ectomycorrhizas	p. 189
6 Structure and development of ectomycorrhizal roots	p. 191
7 Ectendo- and arbutoid mycorrhizas	p. 269
8 Growth and carbon allocation of ectomycorrhizal symbionts	p. 295
9 Nitrogen mobilization and nutrition in ectomycorrhizal plants	p. 321
10 Phosphorus and base cation nutrition, heavy metal accumulation and water relations of ectomycorrhizal plants	p. 349
Section 3 Ericoid, orchid and mycoheterotrophic mycorrhizas	p. 387
11 Ericoid mycorrhizas	p. 389
12 Mycorrhizas of green orchids	p. 419
13 Mycorrhizas in achlorophyllous plants (mycoheterotrophs)	p. 458
14 Fungal symbioses in lower land plants	p. 507
Section 4 Functioning of mycorrhizas in broader contexts	p. 523
15 The roles of mycorrhizas in successional processes and in selected biomes	p. 525
16 Mycorrhizas in ecological interactions	p. 573
17 Mycorrhizas in agriculture, horticulture and forestry	p. 611
References	p. 637
Index	p. 769

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