Claim · #6494201
Ectomycorrhizal fungi (family) · mutualism · Betula pendula
mutualism · effect: beneficial
mutualistOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“range of inorganic and organic N sources, either non-mycorrhizal (open bars) or ectomycorrhizal”
- Authors
- Smith S.E., Read D.J.
- Year
- 2008
- Publication
- Academic Press / Elsevier
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“ECM fungi expanding nitrogen-source range in Betula pendula is well-documented mutualism; mechanism and direction are biologically consistent with established ECM physiology.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“ECM fungi expanding N-source range (organic/inorganic) of Betula pendula is well-documented; mechanism, direction, and entity roles are all biologically consistent.”
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