Fungal-fungal associations affect the assembly of endophyte communities in maize (Zea mays)

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 668-678

  Pan, Jean J ^a,b   May, Georgiana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MAIZE; MICROBIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGI; GENOTYPE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; ZEA MAYS;

OTUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 70350175912     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-009-9543-7     Document Type: Article

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