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Mycotrophy in a vascular stem parasite Cuscuta reflexa

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 AM-inoculated plants of the love vine Cuscuta reflexa showed significant increases in biomass and longevity compared to noninoculated seedlings. The AM-inoculated plants formed arbuscules, vesicles and spores within 5 days of sowing. Seed coats left in the soil by the growing seedlings showed heavy vesicular infections and spore formation. Mycotrophy in stem-parasitizing vascular plants is discussed.

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  1. Department of Botany, University of the Punjab, Quaid-e-Azam Campus, Lahore 54590, Pakistan Tel.: +92-42-5864759; Fax: +92-42-5868313, , , , , , PK

    A. N. Khalid & S. H. Iqbal

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Accepted: 30 June 1995

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Khalid, A., Iqbal, S. Mycotrophy in a vascular stem parasite Cuscuta reflexa . Mycorrhiza 6, 69–71 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/s005720050109

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