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The influence of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal (VAM) fungi on rhizosphere mycoflora was studied together with the possible mechanism involved in this process. Six combinations of VAM fungi and phosphorus fertilizer treatments were applied to Leucaena leucocephala roots and quantitative and qualitative observations were made periodically of the rhizosphere mycoflora and constituents of root exudates. The results obtained indicate that the presence of specific mycoflora in the rhizosphere of mycrorrhizal roots is mediated through root exudates rather than being an outcome of improved P nutrition.
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Bansal, M., Mukerji, K.G. Positive correlation between VAM-induced changes in root exudation and mycorrhizosphere mycoflora. Mycorrhiza 5, 39–44 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00204018
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