Imperfect vertical transmission of the endophyte neotyphodium in exotic grasses in grasslands of the flooding pampa

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 740-748

  Gundel, Pedro E ^a   Garibaldi, Lucas A ^a,b   Tognetti, Pedro M ^a   Aragón, Roxana ^a   Ghersa, Claudio M ^a   Omacini, Marina ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CATTLE; ECOSYSTEM; FLOODING; MICROBIOLOGY; NEOTYPHODIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POACEAE; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; CATTLE; ECOSYSTEM; FLOODS; NEOTYPHODIUM; POACEAE; SEEDS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; NEOTYPHODIUM; POACEAE;

EID: 65049087322     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-008-9447-y     Document Type: Article

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