A race for survival: Can Bromus tectorum seeds escape Pyrenophora semeniperda-caused mortality by germinating quickly?

Annals of Botany

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 907-914

  Beckstead, Julie ^a   Meyer, Susan E ^b   Molder, Cherrilyn J ^a   Smith, Caitlyn ^a  

^a GONZAGA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocontrol; Biotic resistance; Cheatgrass; Drechslera campanulata; Invasive species; Mycoherbicide; Pathogen; Seed bank; Seed borne

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; FUNGUS; GERMINATION; GRASS; INVASIVE SPECIES; MORTALITY; PATHOGEN; SEED DORMANCY; SURVIVAL; WOUNDING;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BROMUS; GERMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT SEED;

ASCOMYCOTA; BROMUS; GERMINATION; PLANT DISEASES; SEEDS;

NORTH AMERICA;

BROMUS; BROMUS TECTORUM; DRECHSLERA CAMPANULATA; PYRENOPHORA SEMENIPERDA;

EID: 34548407033     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcm028     Document Type: Article

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