Skip Navigation

This Article
Right arrow FREE Full Text (PDF) Freely available
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in ISI Web of Science
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Search for citing articles in:
ISI Web of Science (18)
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by STEINKE, E.
Right arrow Articles by ASHFORD, A. E.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow Articles by STEINKE, E.
Right arrow Articles by ASHFORD, A. E.
Agricola
Right arrow Articles by STEINKE, E.
Right arrow Articles by ASHFORD, A. E.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

Annals of Botany 77: 413-420, 1996
© 1996 Annals of Botany Company

The Structure and Fungal Associates of Mycorrhizas in Leucopogon parviflorus (Andr.) Lindl.

E. STEINKE, P. G. WILLIAMS and A. E. ASHFORD

School of Biological Science, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia

March 15, 1995 ; August 28, 1995

Mycorrhizal root systems ofLeucopogon parviflorus (Andr.) Lindl. were collected from wild populations at three sites on the coast of New South Wales, Australia and examined by light and electron microscopy. The structure of the hair roots is typical of the family, there being an epidermal layer in which ericoid mycorrhizas are formed, two cortical layers (an exodermis and endodermis) and a very small stele. The colour, size and coil structure of the fungal symbionts indicate that there were at least two different fungi that consistently formed ericoid mycorrhizal structures at these sites. Transmission electron microscopy of the endophytes showed only ascomycete fungi. Plants from two of the populations were used for fungal isolations. Fungi were isolated by incubating surface sterilized hair-root pieces in a solution of bovine serum albumin with penicillin and streptomycin. Twenty-one different culture types were obtained, four of which were common to both sites. Two of the common culture types were dark, sterile, slow-growing cultures similar to the ericoid endophyteHymenoscyphus ericae(Read) Korf & Kernan.

Leucopogon parviflorus ; bearded heath; Epacridaceae; Ericaceae; mycorrhiza; ultrastructure; endophytes; callose


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?




Disclaimer: Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.