Recent advances on physiological and molecular basis of fungal endophyte-plant interactions

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 4430-4439

  Yuan, Zhi Lin ^a,b   Zhang, Chu Long ^a   Lin, Fu Cheng ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Endophytic fungi; Host plant; Interactive mechanisms

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS; HOST PLANT; MYCORRHIZA; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; SYMBIONT;

FUNGI;

EID: 54549088895     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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