Record ID No. |
2886 |
Author(s) |
Leake J R., Cameron D D , 2010 |
Affiliation |
Department of Animal & Plant Sciences, Alfred Denny Building, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK. j.r.leake@sheffield.ac.uk |
Title |
Physiological ecology of mycoheterotrophy |
Source. Vol.(no):Page |
New Phytologist. 185(3): 601-605p. |
Categories |
Mycorrhiza General |
Subjects |
Physiology |
Sub-subjects |
Miscellaneous |
Host |
Plants |
Organism |
Fungi |
Country |
UK., Europe |
Abstracts |
This paper briefly discusses the following: mycoheterotrophy as the most common mode of parasitism by plants, components of mycoheterotroph physiology, mycoheterotroph carbon and nitrogen isotope signatures, anatomical adaptations driving metabolic adaptations, and evolutionary physiology of mycoheterotrophy. |