Occurrence of endophytes in grasses native to northern China

Grass and Forage Science

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 422-429

  Wei, Y K ^a   Gao, Y B ^a   Xu, H ^a   Su, D ^a   Zhang, X ^a   Wang, Y H ^a   Lin, F ^a   Chen, L ^a   Nie, L Y ^a   Ren, A Z ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Endophyte hosts; Fungal endophyte; Northern China; Permanent grassland; Wild grasses

Indexed keywords

ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS; GRASS; NATIVE SPECIES; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

ACHNATHERUM; AGROPYRON; AGROPYRON MONGOLICUM; CLEISTOGENES; ELYMUS GMELINII; EPICHLOE; KOELERIA; NEOTYPHODIUM; POA; POA PALUSTRIS; POACEAE;

EID: 33845578133     PISSN: 01425242     EISSN: 13652494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2494.2006.00551.x     Document Type: Review

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