Regulation switching of Epichloë typhina within elongating perennial ryegrass leaves

Mycological Research

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1056-1062

  Christensen, Michael J ^a   Zhang, Xiuwen ^b   Scott, Barry ^b  

^a AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Balansia; Endophytes; Grass; Hyphal growth; Lolium perenne; Neotyphodium; Stromata

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS; GRASS; GROWTH; PATHOGEN; SYMBIOSIS;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LOLIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HYPHAE; HYPOCREALES; LOLIUM; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PLANT LEAVES; SYMBIOSIS;

BALANSIA; EPICHLOE; EPICHLOE TYPHINA; FUNGI; LOLIUM PERENNE; NEOTYPHODIUM; POACEAE;

EID: 50349094341     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: 14698102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mycres.2008.02.003     Document Type: Article

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