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Wild Orchids of Sharavathi River Basin and Parts of Uttara Kannada
G. R. Rao
Energy & Wetlands Research Group, Center for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
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ORCHID-FUNGAL SYMBIOSIS  

Orchids with all their gracefulness also share relation with many other organisms such as the endomycorrhizae so much that without absence of these fungus orchids cannot germinate in the wild. These fungal partners send their hyphae into the cells of the host plant and penetrate tissues. However these relations are mostly symbiotic i.e., beneficial to both partners, with endomycorrhizae supplying the orchid with carbohydrates and other nutrients.

 

 

 

 

 

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