AgroEco

Claim · #6492783

Glomaceae (family) · mutualism · Allium cepa

mutualism · effect: beneficial

mutualistOf GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“per cent colonization versus time in Allium cepa”
Authors
Smith S.E., Read D.
Year
2008
Publication
Academic Press (Elsevier)
Page
87

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “AM fungi (Glomaceae) colonizing Allium cepa roots with P-suppressed colonization at low irradiance is well-documented in mycorrhizal literature; direction and mechanism are biologically consistent.”

  • plant-pathologist · plausible

    “AM fungi (Glomeromycota, formerly Glomaceae) colonizing Allium cepa roots with P-suppressed colonization is well-documented biology; eponymous-pathogen conflation not applicable here.”

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