Ecological role of volatiles produced by Epichloë: Differences in antifungal toxicity

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 307-316

  Steinebrunner, Fabrizio ^a   Schiestl, Florian P ^b   Leuchtmann, Adrian ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Clonostachys; Endophytic fungi; Epichlo ; Fungal volatiles; Hyperparasite

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHOKOL K; METHYL 3 METHYLDODEC 2 ENOATE; NITROGEN; SESQUITERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE AGENT;

ENDOPHYTE; FLY; FUNGUS; PATHOGEN; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SYMBIONT; TOXICITY; VOLATILE ELEMENT;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; ENDOPHYTE; EPICHLOE; FUNGAL REPRODUCTION; FUNGAL SPORE GERMINATION; MYCOPARASITISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASCOMYCOTA; CARBON; CULTURE MEDIA; ECOLOGY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NITROGEN; OILS, VOLATILE; POACEAE; SPORES, FUNGAL;

ASCOMYCOTA; BOTANOPHILA; CLAVICIPITACEAE; CLONOSTACHYS; EPICHLOE; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; POACEAE;

EID: 42149168685     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2008.00452.x     Document Type: Article

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