Effects of the fungal endophyte, Neotyphodium lolii, on net photosynthesis and growth rates of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) are independent of in planta endophyte concentration

Annals of Botany

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 379-387

  Spiering, Martin J ^a,c   Greer, Dennis H ^b   Schmid, Jan ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Grass endophyte; Leaf extension rate; Lolium perenne; Neotyphodium lolii; Net photosynthesis; Perennial ryegrass; Plant fitness; Tillering rate

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ALKALOID; ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS; GRASS; GROWTH RATE; PERENNIAL PLANT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BIOMASS; DARKNESS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; LOLIUM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SWEATING; SYMBIOSIS;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DARKNESS; HYPOCREALES; LIGHT; LOLIUM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; SYMBIOSIS;

LOLIUM; LOLIUM PERENNE; NEOTYPHODIUM; NEOTYPHODIUM LOLII; POACEAE; POOIDEAE;

EID: 33748175505     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcl108     Document Type: Article

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