High variation in frequency of infection by endophytes in cultivars of meadow fescue in Finland

Grass and Forage Science

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 169-176

  Saari, S ^a   Lehtonen, P ^b   Helander, M ^b   Saikkonen, K ^b  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Intraspecific variation; Neotyphodium; Rhopalosiphum padi; Schedonorus pratensis; Seed lot; Stock seed

Indexed keywords

APHID; CULTIVAR; ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS; GRASS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MEADOW; PASTURE; PEST RESISTANCE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

APHIDIDAE; FESTUCA PRATENSIS; NEOTYPHODIUM; POACEAE; RHOPALOSIPHUM PADI;

EID: 65549140254     PISSN: 01425242     EISSN: 13652494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2494.2009.00680.x     Document Type: Article

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