Effects of habitat fragmentation on choke disease (Epichloë bromicola) in the grass Bromus erectus

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 247-255

  Groppe, Kathleen ^c   Steinger, Thomas ^a   Schmid, Bernhard ^a   Baur, Bruno ^b   Boller, Thomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Calcareous grassland; Clonal plants; Diagnostic polymerase chain reaction (PCR); Endophytes; Environmental change; Habitat fragment size; Plant pathogen interactions

Indexed keywords

CHOKE DISEASE; FLOWER MORPHOLOGY; FUNGAL INFECTION; GRASSLAND; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HOST; INFLORESCENCE; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT RESPONSE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWITZERLAND;

CALCAREOUS GRASSLAND; DISEASE INCIDENCE; FUNGAL DISEASE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION;

SWITZERLAND;

BROMUS ERECTUS; EPICHLOE BROMICOLA;

EID: 0035026666     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2001.00538.x     Document Type: Article

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