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Nagahashi G. 2000. In Vitro and in situ techniques to examine the role of roots and root exudates during am fungus-host interaction. pp. 287-306. In: Arbuscular mycorrhizas: physiology and function. Eds: Y Kapulnick and DD Douds Jr. Kluwer Academic Press.
Although it is believed that root exudates play a major role in the infection and colonization of hosts by arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi, the actual role or mode of action of exudates has been elucidated only recently. New developments in in vitro culture techniques and in situ compartmental analyses have allowed the role of host roots and exudates during AM fungus colonization to become clear. These recent developments also have provided a way to study the colonization of host roots in the presence of nonhost root systems and have provided a more precise way to study nonhost exudates. The value of the new techniques is that they allow specific events of the life cycle of AM fungi to be studied.
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