Peramine alkaloid variation in Neotyphodium-infected Arizona fescue: Effects of endophyte and host genotype and environment

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1511-1526

  Faeth, Stanley H ^a   Bush, Lowell P ^b   Sullivan, T J ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkaloids; Arizona fescue; Endophyte; Environment; Genotype; Host; Mutualism; Native grasses; Neotyphodium; Peramine

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; PERAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKALOID; ENDOPHYTE; MUTUALISM; PHYTOCHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CHEMISTRY; ENDOPHYTE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GRASS; HAPLOTYPE; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT METABOLISM; POACEAE;

ALKALOIDS; ASCOMYCOTA; GENOTYPE; POACEAE;

UNITED STATES;

ASCOMYCOTA; FESTUCA ARIZONICA; NEOTYPHODIUM; POACEAE;

EID: 0036695241     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019916227153     Document Type: Article

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