White locoweed toxicity is facilitated by a fungal endophyte and nitrogen-fixing bacteria

Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1850-1856

  Barillas, José R Valdez ^a   Paschke, Mark W ^a   Ralphs, Michael H ^b   Child, R Dennis ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical ecology; Embellisia; Indolizidine alkaloid; Microbial ecology; Oxytropis sericea; Plant microbe interactions; Rhizobium; Swainsonine; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENDOPHYTE; FUNGICIDE; FUNGUS; LEGUME; MUTUALISM; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; POISONING; RHIZOBACTERIUM; SYMBIOSIS; TOXICITY;

NORTH AMERICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESMODIUM; EMBELLISIA; OXYTROPIS; OXYTROPIS SERICEA; RHIZOBIUM;

FUNGICIDE; SWAINSONINE;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; OXYTROPIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; RHIZOBIUM; SYMBIOSIS;

ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; NITROGEN FIXATION; OXYTROPIS; PLANT LEAVES; RHIZOBIUM; ROOT NODULES, PLANT; SEEDS; SWAINSONINE; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 34548439494     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-0728.1     Document Type: Article

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