Regulation of a chemical defense against herbivory produced by symbiotic fungi in grass plants1,2w[OA]

Plant Physiology

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 1072-1082

  Zhang, Dong Xiu ^a,b   Nagabhyru, Padmaja ^a   Schardl, Christopher L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPICHLOE FESTUCAE; FESTUCA PRATENSIS; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; LOLIUM; NEOTYPHODIUM SIEGELII; NEOTYPHODIUM UNCINATUM;

EID: 66649083737     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.109.138222     Document Type: Article

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