Neotyphodium endophyte transmission to Lolium multiflorum seeds depends on the host plant fitness

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 359-366

  Gundel, P E ^a   Garibaldi, L A ^a,b   Martinez Ghersa M A ^a   Ghersa, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Grass endophyte symbiosis; Herbicide; Mutualism; Plant genotype; Resource availability; Transmission efficiency; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

ENDOPHYTE; FITNESS; FUNGUS; GRASS; HERBICIDE; HOST PLANT; MUTUALISM; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEED;

FUNGI; LOLIUM; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; NEOTYPHODIUM; POACEAE;

EID: 79952696326     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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