Mycorrhiza and carbon flow to the soil
Författare
Redaktör
- MF Allen
Summary, in English
The current extent of knowledge on the supply of carbon compounds to
mycorrhizal roots and mycelia, and their subsequent distribution and
cycling within the soil ecosystem is reviewed. The carbon requirements
of different mycorrhizal fungi are discussed and carbon transfer from
host root tissue to the fungal biomass is considered in relation to
available information on the amounts and types of compounds that are
translocated, as well as their ultimate partitioning. Problems of
estimating mycorrhizal mycelial biomass and theoretical estimates of
necessary carbon flow are discussed. The possible existence and
implications of mycorrhizosphere effects and possible interactions with other microbial populations are also considered.
mycorrhizal roots and mycelia, and their subsequent distribution and
cycling within the soil ecosystem is reviewed. The carbon requirements
of different mycorrhizal fungi are discussed and carbon transfer from
host root tissue to the fungal biomass is considered in relation to
available information on the amounts and types of compounds that are
translocated, as well as their ultimate partitioning. Problems of
estimating mycorrhizal mycelial biomass and theoretical estimates of
necessary carbon flow are discussed. The possible existence and
implications of mycorrhizosphere effects and possible interactions with other microbial populations are also considered.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
1992
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
134-160
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Mycorrhizal functioning: an integrative plant-fungal process
Dokumenttyp
Del av eller Kapitel i bok
Förlag
Chapman and Hall
Ämne
- Biological Sciences
Status
Published
Forskningsgrupp
- Microbial Ecology
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISBN: 0412018918