Host plant genetics affect hidden ecological players: Links among Populus, condensed tannins, and fungal endophyte infection

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 356-361

  Bailey, Joseph K ^a   Deckert, Ron ^a,c   Schweitzer, Jennifer A ^a   Rehill, Brian J ^b,d   Lindroth, Richard L ^b   Gehring, Catherine ^a   Whitham, Thomas G ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological genetics; Fungal endophytes; Hidden players; Hybridization; Populus; Tannins

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; ECOLOGY; FUNGI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; TISSUE;

ECOSYSTEM PROCESSES; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VARIATION; TWIG BARK;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS; GENETIC VARIATION; HOST PLANT; HYBRIDIZATION; TANNIN;

BARK; ECOLOGY; FUNGI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PLANTS; TISSUE;

POPULUS; POPULUS FREMONTII;

EID: 20444448201     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b05-008     Document Type: Article

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