Mycorrhizal Fungi Of Vanilla Diversity Specificity And Effects On Seed Germination And Plant Growth英文电子书.pdf

Mycologia, 99(4), 2007, pp. 510–525. # 2007 by The Mycological Society of America, Lawrence, KS 66044-8897 Mycorrhizal fungi of Vanilla: diversity, specificity and effects on seed germination and plant growth Andrea Porras-Alfaro 1 fungi with different functional consequences for the Paul Bayman plant. Departamento de Biologı a, Universidad de Puerto Rico- ´ Key words: Ceratobasidium, epiphyte, mycorrhiza, Rıo Piedras, PO Box 23360, San Juan, Puerto Rico ´ Orchidaceae, Rhizoctonia, symbiosis, Thanatephorus, 00931 Tulasnella Abstract : Mycorrhizal fungi are essential for the INTRODUCTION germination of orchid seeds. However, the specificity All orchids depend on mycorrhizal fungi during seed of orchids for their mycorrhizal fungi and the effects germination. Because of the small size of orchid seeds of the fungi on orchid growth are controversial. and the lack of stored nutrients to support germina- Mycorrhizal fungi have been studied in some tem- tion, an association with mycorrhizal fungi is essential perate and tropical, epiphytic orchids, but the (Dressler 1990, Rasmussen 1995, 2002). In adult symbionts of tropical, terrestrial orchids are still stages of photosynthetic orchids, however, the impor- unknown. Here we study diversity, specificity and tance of mycorrhizal fungi varies and is not clearly function of mycorrhizal fung