Asymbiotic Hyphal Growth (IMAGE)

Shinshu University

Asymbiotic Hyphal Growth

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Scientists around the world have been working to grow arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi without their host plants because they can be used as organic fertilizer in agriculture and forestry. AM fungi help plants receive nutrients from the soil through a network that is efficient and far more reaching than their own roots can provide. Shinshu University group successfully demonstrated that AM fungi can be grown asymbiotically when given myristate as a carbon and energy source.

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Associate Professor Katsuharu Saito, Shinshu University, Japan

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