Mycorrhizal associations can be found in all ecosystems and in important forest and crop species. This book has resulted from a long collaboration among the authors and their shared interest in exploring the structural diversity of mycorrhizas at various scales. They state that it has become clear from the literature and recent international meetings that a majority of the current research on mycorrhizas involves molecular, physiological and ecological studies. Few structural studies are being pursued in spite of the need for basic information for some categories of mycorrhizas and the detailed information that can now be obtained as a result of new analytical methods. The intention of this book, therefore, is to provide, through a series of chapters, a summary of all the mycorrhizal categories from a morphological and anatomical perspective. The authors strongly believe that the structural information presented will provide researchers in all aspects of mycorrhizal research with a platform from which to explore questions related to the functioning of mycorrhizas.

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