Ex situ seed baiting to isolate germination-enhancing fungi for assisted colonization in Paphiopedilum spicerianum, a critically endangered orchid in China

Using orchid mycorrhizal fungi to facilitate orchid recovery projects is considered to be an effective method for orchid conservation. In this study, we used ex situ seed baiting to isolate fungi to assist seed germination in Paphiopedilum spicerianum, a critically endangered orchid with only a sing...

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Main Authors: Wen-Ke Yang, Tai-Qiang Li, Shi-Mao Wu, Patrick M. Finnegan, Jiang-Yun Gao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-09-01
Series:Global Ecology and Conservation
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989420306880