Multigene phylogeny of Epichloë species, fungal symbionts of grasses

Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 14-34

  Craven, K D ^a   Hsiau, P T W ^b   Leuchtmann, A ^c   Hollin, W ^a   Schardl, C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b Taiwan Sugar Research Institute   (Taiwan)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biological species; Clavicipitaceae; Epichloe; Grass endophytes; Molecular phylogenetics; Phylogenetic species; Poaceae; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

EPICHLOE;

EID: 0035024277     PISSN: 00266493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2666129     Document Type: Conference Paper

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