Interaction between the endophytic fungus Epichloe bromicola and the grass Bromus erectus: Effects of endophyte infection, fungal concentration and environment on grass growth and flowering

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1827-1835

  Groppe, K ^a   Steinger, T ^b   Sanders, I ^a   Schmid, B ^c   Wiemken, A ^a   Boller, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Inst Umweltwissenschaften Univ Z   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bromus erectus; Elevated atmospheric CO2; Endophytes; Epichloe bromicola; Plant species diversity; Quantitative PCR

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENDOPHYTE; ENVIRONMENT; FLOWERING; FUNGAL DNA; GENOTYPE; INFERTILITY; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT MICROORGANISM INTERACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BROMUS ERECTUS; EPICHLOE BROMICOLA;

EID: 0033403862     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.1999.00772.x     Document Type: Article

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