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SIMBIOSIS [4 records]

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Record 1 2023-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cultural Practices (Agriculture)
  • Fungi and Myxomycetes
DEF

[An agriculture technique that uses mycorrhizal fungi] to colonize plant roots and create a "mycelial sheath" for root tips ... which increases absorption of nutrients and water and decreases disease.

Key term(s)
  • myco-agriculture

French

Domaine(s)
  • Soin des cultures (Agriculture)
  • Champignons et myxomycètes
DEF

Technique agricole qui utilise des champignons mycorhiziens pour coloniser les racines des plantes et créer une «gaine mycélienne» sur les extrémités des racines, ce qui augmente l'absorption des nutriments et de l'eau et réduit les risques de maladie.

Key term(s)
  • myco-agriculture

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cuidado de los cultivos (Agricultura)
  • Hongos y mixomicetos
OBS

Micorriza : define la simbiosis entre un hongo y las raíces de una planta.

OBS

[En la micorriza] el hongo permite a la planta captar más agua y nutrimentos minerales, así como defensas contra patógenos.

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Record 2 2011-11-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fungi and Myxomycetes
  • Cooking and Gastronomy (General)
DEF

Any one of several kinds of roundish, subterranean fungi, usually of a blackish colour.

CONT

The French truffle (Tuber melanosporum) and the English truffle (T. Aestivum) are much esteemed as articles of food.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Champignons et myxomycètes
  • Cuisine et gastronomie (Généralités)
DEF

Champignon souterrain de la famille des Tubéracées, dépendant d'une plante hôte le plus souvent les chênes mais aussi le noisetiers, les châtaigniers, les pins, etc., en forme de tubercule.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hongos y mixomicetos
  • Cocina y gastronomía (Generalidades)
DEF

Hongo subterráneo [de la familia Tuberaceae] que vive asociado a las raíces de ciertos árboles de hoja caduca, principalmente encinas, robles, castaños, y nogales, con los que establecen una simbiosis, denominado micorriza, que produce un beneficio mutuo, tanto para el hongo como para la planta.

OBS

Estos hongos son característicos por su color oscuro y forma similar a la de una patata pequeña. En Europa se han encontrado más de veinte especies diferentes del género Tuber. Solamente unas pocas son comestiblemente apreciadas.

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Record 3 2004-04-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fungi and Myxomycetes
DEF

The association, usually symbiotic, of fungi with the roots of seed plants.

Key term(s)
  • mycorrhizae
  • mycorrhizas
  • mycorhizae
  • mycorhizas

French

Domaine(s)
  • Champignons et myxomycètes
DEF

Association symbiotique entre un champignon et les parties souterraines d'un végétal supérieur chlorophyllien.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hongos y mixomicetos
DEF

Simbiosis del micelio de un hongo con las raíces de una planta superior.

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Record 4 2003-12-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
DEF

Association de deux organismes différents liés par échange de nourriture, par exemple, des fourmis avec des hôtes fournisseurs de sécrétions (chenilles des lycènes).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Insectos, ciempiés, arañas y escorpiones
DEF

Tipo de simbiosis en la que dos organismos de distinta especie se alimentan entre sí.

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