Infection with the fungal endophyte Epichlö festucae may alter the allelopathic potential of red fescue

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 281-290

  Vazquez De Aldana B R ^a   Romo, M ^a   Garcia Ciudad A ^a   Petisco, C ^a   Garcia Criado B ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allelopathy; bird's foot trefoil; Festuca rubra; fungal endophytes; germination; phenolic compounds; red clover; ribwort plantain; seedling growth; white clover

Indexed keywords

ALLELOPATHY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENDOPHYTE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORAGE; FUNGAL DISEASE; GERMINATION; GRASS; GROWTH; HOST PLANT; INFECTIVITY; INHIBITOR; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PERENNIAL PLANT; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; PLANT EXTRACT; SEEDLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WEED;

AVES; FESTUCA RUBRA; LOTUS; LOTUS CORNICULATUS; PLANTAGO; PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA; POACEAE; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 80051863848     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: 17447348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.2011.00495.x     Document Type: Article

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