Different levels of protective alkaloids in grasses with stroma-forming and seed-transmitted Epichloe/Neotyphodium endophytes

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1025-1036

  Leuchtmann, A ^a   Schmidt, D ^b,d   Bush, L P ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Swiss Federal Agricultural Research Station Agroscope Cadenazzo   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d Chemin de Bourgogne 11 ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Epichloe; Ergovaline; European grasses; Herbivory; Loline; Mutualistic symbiosis; Neotyphodium; Peramine

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; LOLINE; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE;

ALKALOID; ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; ENDOPHYTE;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; GRASS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL;

EPICHLOE; EPICHLOE FESTUCAE; NEOTYPHODIUM; NEOTYPHODIUM COENOPHIALUM; NEOTYPHODIUM UNCINATUM;

EID: 0034097319     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005489032025     Document Type: Article

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