Claim · #6494195
Ectomycorrhizal fungi (family) · mutualism · Pinus sylvestris
mutualism · effect: beneficial
mutualistOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“C allocated below ground was consistently greater in ECM than non-mycorrhizal plants”
- Authors
- Smith S.E., Read D.J.
- Year
- 2008
- Publication
- Academic Press / Elsevier
- Page
- 311
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“ECM fungi forming carbon sinks in Pinus sylvestris via 14C-labelling studies is well-established; source quote directly supports the beneficial mutualism mechanism described.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“ECM fungi as carbon sinks increasing below-ground allocation in Pinus sylvestris is well-established; source quote directly supports the extracted claim.”
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