Sexual cycle and horizontal transmission of the grass symbiont, Epichloe typhina

Mycological Research

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 295-301

  Chung, K R ^a   Schardl, C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPICHLOE TYPHINA; POACEAE; POOIDEAE;

GRASS SYMBIONT; HORIZONTAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUAL CYCLE;

EID: 0031284816     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0953756296002602     Document Type: Article

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