"Mycorrhizae" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Symbiotic combination (dual organism) of the MYCELIUM of FUNGI with the roots of plants (PLANT ROOTS). The roots of almost all higher plants exhibit this mutually beneficial relationship, whereby the fungus supplies water and mineral salts to the plant, and the plant supplies CARBOHYDRATES to the fungus. There are two major types of mycorrhizae: ectomycorrhizae and endomycorrhizae.
| Descriptor ID |
D038821
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A18.400.525 A19.690 B01.300.655 B05.550
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| Concept/Terms |
Endomycorrhizae- Endomycorrhizae
- Arbuscular Mycorrhizae
- Mycorrhizae, Vesicular-Arbuscular
- Mycorrhizae, Vesicular Arbuscular
- Vesicular-Arbuscular Mycorrhizae
- Vesicular Arbuscular Mycorrhizae
- Mycorrhizae, Arbuscular
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