Mycorrhizal fungi infect more plants
than do any other fungi and are necessary for many plants to thrive, but they
have escaped widespread investigation until recently for two reasons. First, the
symbiotic association is so well-balanced that the roots of host plants show no
damage even when densely infected. Second, the fungi cannot as yet be cultivated
in the absence of a living root. Despite these difficulties, there has been
important new Work that suggests that this symbiotic association can be
harnessed to achieve more economical use of costly superphosphate fertilizer and
to permit better exploitation of cheaper, less-soluble rock phosphate.
Mycorrhizal benefits are not limited to improved phosphate uptake in host
plants. In legumes, mycorrhizal inoculation has increased nitrogen fixation
beyond levels achieved by adding pho A. a description of a replicable experiment B. a refutation of an earlier hypothesis C. a summary report of new findings D. a confirmation of earlier research [单项选择]Passage 1
Britain almost more than any other country in the world must seriously face the problem of building upwards,that is to say of accommodating a considerable proportion of its population in high blocks of flats.It is said that the Englishman objects to this type of existence,but if the case is such, he does in fact differ from the inhabitants of most countries of the world today.In the past our own blocks of flats have been associated with the lower-income groups and they have lacked the obvious provisions,such as central heating,constant hot water supply, electrically operated lifts from top to bottom,as well as such details,important notwithstanding(然而),as easy facilities for disposal of dust and rubbish and storage places for baby carriages on the ground floor, playgrounds for children on the top of the buildings,and drying grounds for washing.It is likely that the dispute regarding flats versus(对抗)individual houses will continue to rage on for a long time as far as Brit
A. English people,like most people in other countries,dislike living in flats B. people in most countries of the world today are not opposed to living in flats C. people in Britain are forced to move into high blocks of flats D. modern flats still fail to provide the necessary facilities for living [单项选择]Text 4
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