Claim · #6494000
Eucalyptus coccifera · mutualism · ectomycorrhizal fungi (group)
mutualism · effect: beneficial
mutualistOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“mycorrhizal benefits expressed in terms of shoot yield were generally larger”
- Authors
- Smith S.E., Read D.J.
- Year
- 2008
- Publication
- Academic Press / Elsevier
- Page
- 195
AI critic verdicts
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“ECM colonization of Eucalyptus species improving shoot yield over AM is biologically consistent; E. coccifera is a known ECM-associating eucalypt.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Eucalyptus spp. are well-documented dual AM/ECM hosts, and ECM conferring greater shoot yield benefits than AM in pot studies is consistent with published mycorrhizal literature for this genus.”
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