Mycorrhizal fungi colonize the plant’s root system and develop a symbiotic association called “mycorrhiza” They form a network of fine filaments that associate with plant roots and draw nutrients and water from the soil that the...
It is a mutualistic symbiotic soil fungi that do not cause root diseases but, instead, are beneficial to their almost all higher plant hosts. Since mycorrhizal fungi are obligate symbionts they form colonies on the roots of the host plant to...