Vegetative compatibility between and within Epichloe species

Mycologia

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 558-565

  Chung, Kuang Ren ^a,b   Schardl, Christopher L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complementation; Heterokaryons; Interspecific hybridization; Nitrate utilization

Indexed keywords

ASCOMYCOTA; CLAVICIPITACEAE; EPICHLOE; PHTHIRAPTERA; POACEAE;

EID: 0030814157     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3760992     Document Type: Article

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