Effects of Neotyphodium fungi on Lolium multiflorum seed germination in relation to water availability

Annals of Botany

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 571-577

  Gundel, P E ^a   Maseda, P H ^a   Vila Aiub, M M ^a,b   Ghersa, C M ^a   Benech Arnold, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Endophyte; Germination; Hydrotime model; Lolium multiflorum; Neotyphodium sp.; Seed; Water stress

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS; GERMINATION; WATER STRESS;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; GERMINATION; LOLIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SYMBIOSIS;

GERMINATION; HYPOCREALES; LOLIUM; SEEDS; SYMBIOSIS; WATER;

FUNGI; LOLIUM; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; NEOTYPHODIUM; POACEAE;

EID: 33645071937     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcl004     Document Type: Article

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