Endophytic fungi in Festuca pratensis grown in Swedish agricultural grasslands with different managements

Symbiosis

Volumn 44, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 121-126

  Puentes, Adriana ^a,b,c   Bazely, Dawn R ^a   Huss Danell, Kerstin ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cultivar; Endophytes; Festuca pratensis; Grazing; Hyphal loading; Immunoblot technique; Infection frequency; Leys; Neotyphodium; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

ASSAY; ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS; GRASS; GRASSLAND; GROWING SEASON; SYMBIOSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

FESTUCA PRATENSIS; FUNGI; NEOTYPHODIUM; POACEAE;

EID: 34347361441     PISSN: 03345114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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