Mycorrhizal status of Gunnera petaloidea in Hawai'i

Authors

R. E. Koske, University of Rhode Island
J. N. Gemma, University of Rhode Island
M. F. Doyle, University of Rhode Island

Document Type

Article

Date of Original Version

1-1-1992

Abstract

Eight collections of the endemic Hawaiian angiosperm Gunnera petaloidea ssp. kauaiensis were examined for mycorrhizae. Soil-inhabiting roots of all specimens possessed extensive vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizae (VAM). Aerial roots lacked mycorrhizae. Soil from the root zones of the plants contained propagules of VAM fungi, and spores of two species of VAM fungi were found in the soil. -from Authors

Publication Title, e.g., Journal

Pacific Science

Volume

46

Issue

4

Citation/Publisher Attribution

Koske, R. E., J. N. Gemma, and M. F. Doyle. "Mycorrhizal status of Gunnera petaloidea in Hawai'i." Pacific Science 46, 4 (1992): 480-483. https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/bio_facpubs/435