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Science 7 May 1971:
Vol. 172. no. 3983, pp. 581 - 583
DOI: 10.1126/science.172.3983.581
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Mycorrhizal Enhancement of Water Transport in Soybean

G. R. Safir 1, J. S. Boyer 2, and J. W. Gerdemann 3

1 Departnment of Plant Pathology, University of Illinois, Urbana 61801
2 Department of Botany, University of Illinois
3 Department of Plant Pathlology, University of Illinois

Mycorrhizae produced by Endogone mosseae decrease the resistance to water transport in soybean (Glycine max L.). The decrease was associated with an increase in the growth of shoots but not of roots.


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