Competition between foliar Neotyphodium lolii endophytes and mycorrhizal Glomus spp. fungi in Lolium perenne depends on resource supply and host carbohydrate content

Functional Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 910-920

  Liu, Qianhe ^a   Parsons, Anthony J ^a   Xue, Hong ^a   Fraser, Karl ^a   Ryan, Geraldine D ^b   Newman, Jonathan A ^b   Rasmussen, Susanne ^a  

^a AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alkaloids; Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Foliar endophytes; Glomus intraradices; Glomus mosseae; Grassland ecosystems; High sugar grass; Lolitrem B; Peramine; Perennial ryegrass

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; COLONIZATION; ENDOPHYTE; ENDOSYMBIONT; FITNESS; FUNGUS; GRASS; GRASSLAND; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MYCORRHIZA; PERENNIAL PLANT; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SUGAR;

ARBUSCULAR; FUNGI; GLOMUS; GLOMUS INTRARADICES; GLOMUS MOSSEAE; LOLIUM; LOLIUM PERENNE; NEOTYPHODIUM; NEOTYPHODIUM LOLII; POACEAE;

EID: 79959831867     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2011.01853.x     Document Type: Article

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