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mycorrhizal

mycorrhizal

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A close partnership between a fungus and plant roots that helps both get nutrients
  • adjective
  • /ˌmaɪkəˈraɪzəl/
  • Specialized
: micorrízico
  • Conceptual and mathematical models have been developed to help understand and predict mycorrhizal functions.
  • mycorrhizal fungi
  • mycorrhizal fungi
  • arbuscular mycorrhizal

Examples

  • The relative allocation of biomass to different fungal structures can provide insights into mycorrhizal function.

    Academic text (2006)
  • As a result, ecologists are starting to appreciate the importance of the diversity of mycorrhizal fungi per se.

    Academic text (2001)
  • So question then is do the adults form mycorrhizal associations when when we put them back out into nature?

  • Economic models can be used to help understand the synergistic effects of multiple resources on mycorrhizal function.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Thus, research on the outcome of individual plant-fungus relationships must evolve to include mycorrhizal functions at higher levels of organization.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Investigations of the importance of mycorrhizal fungal diversity to plant ecology are understandably rare for two reasons.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Enormous variation in mycorrhizal functioning exists among different combinations of plant and fungal genotypes or species.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Research on the plant-mycorrhizal fungal interaction will always be hindered by a basic asymmetry.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Turf was evaluated for color, density, overall quality, thatch depth, root length, mycorrhizal root colonization, and disease-insect-weed incidence.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Many plants benefit from their mycorrhizal relationships, which enhance nutrient absorption.

Surface Forms

mycorrhizal positive

Morphology

mycorrhizal = mycorrhiza (semi-transparent) = mycorrhiza + al

The adjective is formed regularly from the technical noun "mycorrhiza" plus "-al", but the base term is specialized and unlikely to be known by most learners.

Etymology

Mycorrhizal comes from two parts: myco- meaning 'fungus', think 'mushroom', and -rhizal meaning 'root'. So a mycorrhizal relationship is a close partnership where fungi live with plant roots and help the plants get food and water from the soil.