Effects of salt and drought stress on alkaloid production in endophyte-infected drunken horse grass (Achnatherum inebrians)

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 39, Issue 4-6, 2011, Pages 471-476

  Zhang, Xing xu ^a   Li, Chun jie ^a   Nan, Zhi biao ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Achnatherum inebrians; Drought; Ergot alkaloids; Neotyphodium gansuense; Salt; Stress

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DROUGHT STRESS; ENDOPHYTE; GRASS; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; GROWING SEASON; INFECTIVITY; SALT;

ACHNATHERUM INEBRIANS; EQUIDAE; NEOTYPHODIUM; NEOTYPHODIUM GANSUENSE;

EID: 80054946966     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2011.06.016     Document Type: Article

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