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Fungi associated with plant roots are gaining prominence as to their importance for plant survival in a diversity of terrestrial ecosystems. Assessing the importance of interaction types depends in part on quantifying interaction prevalence, particularly in plants harvested from natural ecosystems. In turn, this depends on a sensitive method for fungal visualization, and a reliable method for quantifying potentially multiple endorhizal morphotypes. Recent developments in these areas are discussed.
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Kaminskyj, S.G.W. (2008). Effective and Flexible Methods for Visualizing and Quantifying Endorhizal Fungi. In: Siddiqui, Z.A., Akhtar, M.S., Futai, K. (eds) Mycorrhizae: Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8770-7_15
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