Evolutionary origins and ecological consequences of endophyte symbiosis with grasses

American Naturalist

Volumn 160, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2002, Pages

  Clay, Keith ^a   Schardl, Christopher ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkaloids; Endophyte; Grasses; Herbivory; Hybridization; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; ERGOVALINE; LOLINE; LOLITREM;

ENDOPHYTE; GRASS; HYBRIDIZATION; SYMBIOSIS;

ENDOPHYTE; FUNGAL PLANT DISEASE; FUNGUS TRANSMISSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; INTERSPECIFIC HYBRIDIZATION; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT EVOLUTION; PLANT FUNGUS INTERACTION; PLANT SEED; POACEAE; SUPERINFECTION; SYMBIOSIS;

ASCOMYCOTA; CLAVICIPITACEAE; EPICHLOE; EPICHLOE FESTUCAE; FUNGI; POACEAE; POOIDEAE; SCHEDONORUS ARUNDINACEUS;

EID: 0036792868     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/342161     Document Type: Conference Paper

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