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Originally Posted by Brother Colin  WOW. that is very fasinating stuff.  |
Thanks.
If mycorrhizae are found to be symbotic with viruses it would really get interesting. Notice in the article the virus was killed by freezing. I have read that soil temperature limits the range of some trees because of the percentage of die off of small roots over the winter. The tree must expend energy to regrow these roots in spring and the more that die.....the bigger the energy drain. It would be quite interesting if the virus involved in the symbiosis dies from the cold and therefore was part of the soil temperature growth limitations we see in trees.
I bet the people at PHC find this research interesting.