The effect of mycorrhiza growth and expression of some genes in barley [electronic resource].

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Barley is one of the most important crops for food consumption. Soil fertilization using minerals and chemical compounds are not safe for human health beside beingas expensive. Therefore, It is important to find suitable alternatives. The arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) is characterized by the formation of arbuscules (sometimes vesicles). The fungus occupies various proportions of the volume of host cells but is separated from the cell cytoplasm by the elaboration of the host plasma membrane forming a fungal membrane and an apoplectic compartment between the fungus and host cytoplasm. Mycorrhiza changes whatever source of phosphorus into phosphoric acid which acidifies the rhizosphere and thus increases the availability of elements for plants uptake.

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