| ectomycorrhizal fungal diversity in orchards of cultivated pecan (carya illinoinensis; juglandaceae). | carya illinoinensis (pecan) belongs to the juglandaceae (walnut family) and is a major economic nut crop in the southern usa. although evidence suggests that some species in the juglandaceae are ectomycorrhizal, investigations on their ectomycorrhizal fungal symbionts are quite limited. here we assessed the ectomycorrhizal fungal diversity in cultivated orchards of c. illinoinensis. five pecan orchards in southern georgia, usa, were studied, three of which were known to fruit the native edible t ... | 2011 | 21369784 |