Claim · #6492773
Glomus fasciculatus · mutualism · Glycine max
mutualism · effect: beneficial
mutualistOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“fungus contributed 20% of the biomass of the mycorrhizal roots, of which about a third was external hyphae or spores”
- Authors
- Smith S.E., Read D.
- Year
- 2008
- Publication
- Academic Press (Elsevier)
- Page
- 73
AI critic verdicts
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“AMF contributing ~20% of mycorrhizal root biomass in soybean pot experiments is biologically reasonable; source quote directly supports the structured mechanism and magnitude.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“AMF contributing ~20% of mycorrhizal root dry weight is well-documented; source quote directly supports the 20% biomass figure and the external hyphae/spore breakdown is biologically consistent.”
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