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mycorrhiza en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From myco- + Ancient Greek ῥίζα (rhíza, “root”).

Meanings

1. A plant root formed in symbiosis with a fungus; the symbiosis between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant.
   • In total, mycorrhizae are responsible for helping source the nutrients for about 80 per cent of all modern plant species. 2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherlands, Penguin, published 2023, page 210:
   • This has been associated with advances in different research disciplines such as genetics, genomics, proteomics, metabolomics and physiology, advances which have generated better insight into topics of mycorrhizal biology, including the mechanisms of host-mycorrhiza interactions pre- and post-penetration, the influence of the symbiosis on the host and its surroundings, and the evolution and diversity of mycorrhization. 2010, Hinanit Koltai, Yoram Kapulnik, editors, Arbuscular Mycorrhizas: Physiology and Function, 2nd edition, Springer, page v:
   • Alternatively, inoculations of a disturbed site with native or exotic fungi facilitate formation of mycorrhizae in a shorter period, given certain circumstances. 2004, Season R. Snyder, Michael F. Allen, Restoration of Micorrhizae in Arid Environments, Dilip K. Arora (editor), Fungal Biotechnology in Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Applications, Marce Dekker, Inc., page 481

Forms

Deriveds

ectomycorrhiza · mycorrhizosphere · mycorrhizal · mycorrhized · mycorrhization · endomycorrhiza · mycorrhizic

Translations (27)

be грыбакорань (symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant) · de Pilzwurzel (symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant) · fr mycorhize (symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant) · id jamur akar (symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant) · nn sopprot (symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant) · ja 菌根 (symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant) · ru грибокорень (symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant) · nl zwamwortel (symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant) · pt micorriza (symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant) · pl mikoryza (symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant) · da svamprod (symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant) · sv svamprot (symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant) · fi sienijuuri (symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant) · it micorriza (symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant) · fi mykorritsa (symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant) · cs mykorhiza (symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant) · es micorriza (symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant) · et seenjuur (symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant) · is svepprót (symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant) · sl gobakorenina (symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant) · ca micoriza (symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant) · ta வேர்க்கவசக்கூட்டம் (symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant) · ru микориза (symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant) · da svamperod (symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant) · hu gyökérkapcsoltságnak (symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant) · hi कवकमूल (symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant) · ko 균근 (symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant)