The evolutionary origins of Epichloë endophytes from annual ryegrasses

Mycologia

Volumn 92, Issue 1-6, 2000, Pages 1103-1118

  Moon, Christina D ^a   Scott, Barry ^a   Schardl, Christopher L ^b   Christensen, Michael J ^c  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Interspecific hybridization; Lolium; Molecular systematics; Neotyphodium eridophytes; rDNA ITS; Symbiosis; tubulin gene

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000292890     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00275514.2000.12061258     Document Type: Article

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