Claim · #6494193
Ectomycorrhizal fungi (family) · mutualism · Pinus sylvestris
mutualism · effect: beneficial
mutualistOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“biochemical valve ensuring movement in the direction of the fungus”
- Authors
- Smith S.E., Read D.J.
- Year
- 2008
- Publication
- Academic Press / Elsevier
- Page
- 307
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“ECM fungi converting host sucrose to trehalose, mannitol, and glycogen as a unidirectional carbon sink is well-documented biochemical mechanism consistent with Smith & Read mycorrhizal literature.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“ECM fungi converting sucrose to trehalose, mannitol, and glycogen as a carbon sink driving unidirectional C flux is well-established biochemical mechanism in mycorrhizal literature.”
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