Effects of the Neotyphodium endophyte status on plant performance of Bromus auleticus, a wild native grass from South America

Symbiosis

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 61-69

  Iannone, L J ^a   Cabral, D ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bromus auleticus; Neotyphodium; Plant development; Regrowth; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEFOLIATION; ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS; GRASS; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEED SIZE; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; TESTING METHOD; VEGETATIVE REPRODUCTION; WILD POPULATION;

ARGENTINA; PAMPAS; SOUTH AMERICA;

BROMUS; NEOTYPHODIUM;

EID: 33748414362     PISSN: 03345114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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