The infection of Festuca rubra by the fungal endophyte Epichloë festucae in Mediterranean permanent grasslands

Grass and Forage Science

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 91-95

  Zabalgogeazcoa, I ^a   de Aldana, B R Vázquez ^a   Criado, B García ^a   Ciudad, A García ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FESTUCA RUBRA; EPICHLOE FESTUCAE;

ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS; GRASSLAND;

SPAIN;

EID: 0032903286     PISSN: 01425242     EISSN: 13652494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2494.1999.00155.x     Document Type: Article

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