The Desert Botanical Garden is trying to keep a rare orchid native to Arizona from extinction. After years of careful ...

co-culture; in vitro seedling development; microorganisms; synergism; acclimatization; conservation Recent studies support the hypothesis of true mutualism between orchids and mycorrhizal fungi, in ...

In nature, orchids are associated with mycorrhizal fungi for seed germination and plant nutrition to ensure to complete plant life cycle (Peterson et al., 1998). Orchids make use of intracellularly ...