Adaptations of endophyte-infected cool-season grasses to environmental stresses: Mechanisms of drought and mineral stress tolerance

Crop Science

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 923-940

  Malinowski, Dariusz P ^a   Belesky, David P ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b APPALACHIAN FARMING SYSTEMS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALUMINUM; CHELATION; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; ENDOPHYTE; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE; FUNGAL INFECTION; GRASS; NUTRIENT DEFICIENCY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PERSISTENCE; PHOSPHORUS; RHIZOSPHERE; ROOTING; STRESS TOLERANCE;

NEOTYPHODIUM;

EID: 0033837405     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2000.404923x     Document Type: Review

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