AMF Marker (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

AMF Marker

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Plants, like this wild tobacco Nicotiana attenuata, produce blumenol C derivates (blue) in their roots when they have established a functional symbiosis with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (pink). The substances are transported into the leaves and can be used as foliar markers for successful fungal associations.

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Ming Wang, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

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