Big sacaton and endophyte-infected Arizona fescue germination under water stress

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 616-622

  Neil, Kaesha L ^a   Tiller, Ronald L ^b   Faeth, Stanley H ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Festuca arizonica; Neotyphodium endophytes; Osmotic potential; Permanent wilting point; Semi arid habitats; Sporobolus wrightii

Indexed keywords

ENDOPHYTE; GERMINATION; OSMOSIS; WATER STRESS; WILTING;

FESTUCA; FESTUCA ARIZONICA; NEOTYPHODIUM; POACEAE; SPOROBOLUS WRIGHTII;

EID: 0345377766     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003936     Document Type: Article

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