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Indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) concentrations of mycorrhizal and non-mycorrhizal Scots pine roots under moderate and high-nitrogen nutrition were assayed using mass spectrometry with an internal standard. Contrary to current theory, IAA was lower in mycorrhizal roots than in the controls, and higher during highnitrogen nutrition.
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Wallander, H., Nylund, J.E. & Sundberg, B. Ectomycorrhiza and nitrogen effects on root IAA: results contrary to current theory. Mycorrhiza 1, 91–92 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00206142
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