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Tripartite mutualism: facilitation or trade-offs between rhizobial and mycorrhizal symbionts of legume hosts.
American journal of botany - 1 Aug 2015
Ossler Julia N, Zielinski Carissa A, Heath Katy D
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UNLABELLED: • PREMISE OF THE STUDY: Multiple mutualist effects (MMEs) are common in nature, yet we lack a predictive understanding of how two mutualists on the same host will influence each other and whether these effects will be positive or negative. Leguminous plants maintain root symbioses with two nutritional mutualists: rhizobia that fix atmospheric nitrogen and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) that...
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