How Plants Make Friends with Fungi (IMAGE)

Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

How Plants Make Friends with Fungi

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Under the microscope (confocal microscopy): the AM fungus (green) reaches the inner root cortex and forms arbuscules (s. arrow; tree-like structure, Latin arbor = tree).

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Figure: Carolin Heck/KIT

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