Relation of soil nutrients and light to prevalence of mycorrhizae on pine seedlings

Edward Hacskaylo; Albert G. Jr. Snow

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Relation of soil nutrients and light to prevalence of mycorrhizae on pine seedlings

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Edward Hacskaylo, Albert G., Jr. Snow

Year:

1959

Type:

Science Perspectives

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Station Paper NE-125. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 13 p.

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Abstract

Odd relationships abound among the wonders of Nature. Just as men keep cows, some ants herd aphids. The bee pays Nature for its food by pollinating the flower. One symbiotic relationship that concerns foresters is the coupling of tree roots with certain fungi to form compound structures, part tree root and part fungus mycelium, which we call mycorrhizae.

Citation

Hacskaylo, Edward; Snow, Albert G., Jr. 1959. Relation of soil nutrients and light to prevalence of mycorrhizae on pine seedlings. Station Paper NE-125. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 13 p.