Physiological responses of Festuca arundinacea to fungal endophyte infection

New Phytologist

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 727-733

  Marks, Susan ^a   Clay, Keith ^b  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acremonium coenophialum; Fungal endophytes; Photosynthesis; Tall fescue; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000808506     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1996.tb01941.x     Document Type: Article

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