Discuss fungus-plant mutualism in natural ecosystems.

      

Discuss fungus-plant mutualism in natural ecosystems.

  

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Jim
-Most common fungal-plant mutualists association occurrs between microorganisms and higher plants.
-Mycorrhizae are enormously important in natural ecosystems and agriculture.
-Plants harbor harmless symbiotic endophytes that live inside leaves or other plant parts.
-Endophytes make toxins that deter herbivores and defend against pathogens.
-Mycorrhizae are mutually beneficial relationships between fungi and plant roots
-Fungus colonizes root of host plant.
-Plant provides fungus with food in return for increased nutrient absorption from soil.
-Ectomycorrhizal fungi form sheaths of hyphae over a root and also grow into the extracellular spaces of the root cortex.
-Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi extend hyphae through the cell walls of root cells and into tubes formed by invagination of the root cell membrane.
jim items answered the question on January 29, 2019 at 16:08


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