Potential for endophyte symbiosis to increase resistance of the native grass Poa alsodes to invasion by the non-native grass Microstegium vimineum

Symbiosis

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-28

  Craig, Skylar ^a   Kannadan, Sonia ^a   Flory, S Luke ^b   Seifert, Elizabeth K ^a   Whitney, Kenneth D ^a   Rudgers, Jennifer A ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fungal endophyte; Genetic diversity; Invasive species; Japanese stiltgrass; Population ecology; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS; GENETIC VARIATION; GRASS; HOST PLANT; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION ECOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS; WATER AVAILABILITY;

UNITED STATES;

MICROSTEGIUM VIMINEUM; NEOTYPHODIUM; POA; POA ALSODES;

EID: 79959258330     PISSN: 03345114     EISSN: 18787665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13199-010-0102-2     Document Type: Article

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