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Symbiotic associations are of great importance in agriculture and forestry, especially in plant nutrition and plant cultivation. In the field of environmental protection, the development and function of the ectotrophic and ect-endotrophic mycorrhiza of coniferous and deciduous trees has assumed great significance in the search for causes of dying forests.This book provides an up-to-date and lucid introduction to the subject, designed for use on undergraduate/graduate courses.
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Review and explanations of terms and concepts; the importance of phytosymbiosis and microbial symbioses - theory of endosymbiosis of chloroplasts and mitochondria; specific associations of microorganisms and plants; rhizobium/bradyrhizobium-fabales symbiosis; bradyrhizobium sp./parsponia symbiosis; actinorhiza; further bacterial symbioses; symbioses of cyanobacteria; phycosymbioses; vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhiza; ectomycorrhiza, ericales mycorrhiza and orchid mycorrhiza.
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