Dynamics of Neotyphodium endophyte infection in ageing seed pools: Incidence of differential viability loss of endophyte, infected seed and non-infected seed

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 199-209

  Gundel, P E ^a   Martinez Ghersa M A ^a   Batista, W B ^b   Ghersa, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Cá tedra de Mé todos Cuantitativos Aplicados ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOPHYTE; FUNGICIDE; FUNGUS; GRASS; HOST PLANT; INFECTIVITY; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING; SOIL SURFACE;

FUNGI; LOLIUM; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; NEOTYPHODIUM; NEOTYPHODIUM OCCULTANS; POACEAE;

EID: 79953243182     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: 17447348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.2009.00379.x     Document Type: Article

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