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THE absorbing systems of most green plants are liable to invasion by symbiotic phycomycetes which convert them into vesieular–arbuscular mycorrhizas. This type of mycorrhiza has recently been synthesized in several angiosperms using Endogone spores1,2. To attempt this synthesis with members of the Podocarpaceae and Araucariaceae is desirable because they are gymnospermsy and because their root systems accommodate the endophytic mycelium in special nodules3.
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BAYLIS, G. Synthesis of Mycorrhizas in Podocarpus and Agathis with Endogone Spores. Nature 221, 1267–1268 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/2211267b0
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