Specificity of host-endophyte association in tall fescue populations from Sardinia, Italy

Crop Science

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1456-1463

  Piano, E ^a   Bertoli, F B ^a   Romani, M ^a   Tava, A ^a   Riccioni, L ^b   Valvassori, M ^b   Carroni, A M ^c   Pecetti, L ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^b Ist Sperim per la Patol Vegetale   (Italy)

^c CRA Istituto Sperimentale Per Le Colture Foraggere   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; NEOTYPHODIUM COENOPHIALUM; SCHEDONORUS ARUNDINACEUS;

EID: 22844439687     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2004.0287     Document Type: Article

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