Bioprotective alkaloids of grass-fungal endophyte symbioses

Plant Physiology

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-7

  Bush, Lowell P ^a   Wilkinson, Heather H ^b   Schardl, Christopher L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

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EID: 0031417176     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.114.1.1     Document Type: Article

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