Genetics of host specificity in Epichloe typhina

Phytopathology

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 599-605

  Chung, Kuang Ren ^a   Hollin, Walter ^a   Siegel, Malcolm R ^a   Schardl, Christopher L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

endophytes; genetic segregation; host compatibility; oligogenic traits; symbiosis

Indexed keywords

DACTYLIS; EPICHLOE TYPHINA; LOLIUM PERENNE;

EID: 0030993691     PISSN: 0031949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO.1997.87.6.599     Document Type: Article

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