Chaetomium elatum (Kunze: Chaetomiaceae) as a root-colonizing fungus in avocado: Is it a mutualist, cheater, commensalistic associate, or pathogen?

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 690-700

  Violi, Helen A ^a,b   Menge, John A ^a   Beaver, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaetomium; Cheater; Dark septate endophyte; Density dependence; Glomus; Light; Mycorrhizae

Indexed keywords

COMMENSAL; EVERGREEN TREE; INFECTIVITY; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; LIGHT INTENSITY; MORTALITY; MUTUALISM; PATHOGEN; ROOT COLONIZATION; YEAST;

CHAETOMIACEAE; CHAETOMIUM; CHAETOMIUM ELATUM; FUNGI; GLOMUS; GLOMUS INTRARADICES; PERSEA AMERICANA;

EID: 34250763275     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.94.4.690     Document Type: Article

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