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Rhizophagy Cycle: An Oxidative Process in Plants for Nutrient Extraction from Symbiotic Microbes

James F White1, Kathryn L Kingsley2, Satish K Verma3

  • 1Department of Plant Biology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA. jwhite3728@gmail.com.

Microorganisms
|September 20, 2018
PubMed
Summary

The rhizophagy cycle describes how microbes transfer nutrients to plant roots. Microbes enter roots, are exposed to reactive oxygen, and release nutrients before re-entering the soil.

Keywords:
endobiomeendophytenutrient transportreactive oxygenrhizospheresymbiosis

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