Global genetic diversity of the perennial ryegrass fungal endophyte Neotyphodium lolii

Crop Science

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1487-1501

  Van Zijll De Jong, Eline ^a,d   Dobrowolski, Mark P ^b   Bannan, Nathaniel R ^b   Stewart, Alan V ^c   Smith, Kevin F ^b   Spangenberg, German C ^a   Forster, John W ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c PGG Wrightson Limited   (New Zealand)

^d LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOLIUM PERENNE; NEOTYPHODIUM LOLII;

EID: 49149130845     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2007.11.0641     Document Type: Article

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