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AM-inoculated plants of the love vine Cuscuta reflexa showed significant increases in biomass and longevity compared to noninoculated seedlings. The AM-inoculated plants formed arbuscules, vesicles and spores within 5 days of sowing. Seed coats left in the soil by the growing seedlings showed heavy vesicular infections and spore formation. Mycotrophy in stem-parasitizing vascular plants is discussed.
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Accepted: 30 June 1995
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Khalid, A., Iqbal, S. Mycotrophy in a vascular stem parasite Cuscuta reflexa . Mycorrhiza 6, 69–71 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/s005720050109
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s005720050109