Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The symbiotic association of the mycelium of a fungus with the roots of a plant, as is found in the majority of vascular plants.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fungus-mycelium which invests the roots of certain phænogams, especially Cupuliferæ and some other forest-trees.
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- noun biology A
symbiotic relationship between themycelium of afungus and theroots of aplant .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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It is a fungi, known as mycorrhiza, that allows plants to obtain nutrients and water from the soil.
Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming RSS Newsfeed 2008
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The plant – microbe interaction may also be mutualistic through the mycorrhiza by which the fungal partner supplies nutrients to the plant in exchange for C supplied by the plant.
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These mycorrhiza types have enzyme systems able to break down complex organic molecules and thereby supply the plant partner with N [159], the most common production-limiting element for plants.
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For growth, orchids need light and moisture as well as a mycorrhiza relationship with a tree or other plant to derive their nutrients.
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For growth, orchids need light and moisture as well as a mycorrhiza relationship with a tree or other plant to derive their nutrients.
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In addition to intercropping, trees and shrubs (agroforestry) are the anchor perennial species, providing mycorrhiza for mobilizing phosphorus and other nutrients. and these trees and shrubs promote soil protection against erosion by wind and water.
Opportunities and constraints from genetic modification technologies in Africa 2007
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Norani (1983) confirmed the presence of VA mycorrhiza on the roots of nursery stock.
Chapter 10 1996
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A preliminary survey on nodulation and VA mycorrhiza in legume roots.
Chapter 10 1996
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Until recently, it was difficult to procure just the right rhizobium or mycorrhiza for a particular tree species and site.
Chapter 5 1996
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Having spread undetected throughout her body, the developing mycelium of what was possibly an endomorphic mycorrhiza had finally fruited.
Mid Flinx Foster, Alan Dean 1995
avivamagnolia commented on the word mycorrhiza
~an intimate symbiotic association of the mycelium of certain fungi with the root cells of some vascular plants, as certain orchids
January 18, 2009
avivamagnolia commented on the word mycorrhiza
~mycorrhiza fungi form highly branched, interconnected networks that invade the roots of plants in order to obtain a supply of carbohydrate.
~etymology: < myco- + Gr rhiza, root
January 18, 2009