Mycorrhizal associations of selected plant species from San Miguel Island, Channel Islands National Park, California
Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
1-1-1989
Abstract
Vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizae were detected in 6 native plant species: Camissonia cheiranthifolia ssp. cheiranthifolia, Coreopsis gigantea, Distichlis spicata, Dudleya greenei, Eriogonum grande ssp. rubescens and Lavatera assurgentiflora. Levels of root colonization were greater in November than in July. A total of 10 species of VAM fungi, 3 undescribed, were recovered from root zones of Dudleya, Coreopsis and Lavatera. Genera of fungi included Entrophospora, Glomus and Scutellospora. Reinvasion of barren areas of the island from which some native plant species were extirpated by overgrazing and erosion may be dependent upon the reestablishment of a population of VAM fungi. -from Authors
Publication Title, e.g., Journal
Pacific Science
Volume
43
Issue
1
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Koske, R. E., and W. L. Halvorson. "Mycorrhizal associations of selected plant species from San Miguel Island, Channel Islands National Park, California." Pacific Science 43, 1 (1989): 32-40. https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/bio_facpubs/445