Investigations on the influence of Neotyphodium endophytes on plant growth and seed yield of Lolium perenne genotypes

Crop Science

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1689-1695

  Hesse, U ^a   Hahn, H ^b   Andreeva, K ^c   Forster K ^b   Warnstorff, K ^b   Schoberlein W ^b   Diepenbrock, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; LOLIUM; LOLIUM PERENNE; NEOTYPHODIUM; POACEAE;

EID: 4444267742     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2004.1689     Document Type: Article

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