Claim · #6492775
Daucus carota · mutualism · Gigaspora gigantea
mutualism · effect: beneficial
mutualistOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“tracings of germ tubes and hyphae growing from spores of Gigaspora gigantea, 24 h after injections of various fractions isolated from exudates of roots of carrot”
- Authors
- Smith S.E., Read D.
- Year
- 2008
- Publication
- Academic Press (Elsevier)
- Page
- 62
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Carrot root exudates stimulating AMF hyphal branching in Gigaspora gigantea is well-documented; lipophilic methanol fractions as active agents aligns with strigolactone/branching-factor literature.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Gigaspora gigantea is a well-known AM fungus; carrot root exudate stimulation of hyphal branching is a documented pre-symbiotic signalling phenomenon consistent with Strigolactone/lipophilic fraction research.”
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