Interaction between plant genotype and the symbiosis with Epichlo fungal endophytes in seeds of red fescue (Festuca rubra)

Crop and Pasture Science

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1010-1016

  Gundel, P E ^a,b   Zabalgogeazcoa, I ^c   Vazquez De Aldana B R ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

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

Author keywords

dehesas; endophyte symbiosis; grasslands; plant x2013; seed germination; seed survival; symbiotic interaction.

Indexed keywords

ENDOPHYTE; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGUS; GENOTYPE; GERMINATION; GRASS; GRASSLAND; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MORTALITY; SEMIARID REGION; SURVIVAL; SYMBIOSIS;

EUROPE;

EPICHLOE; EPICHLOE FESTUCAE; FESTUCA RUBRA; FUNGI;

EID: 84555190810     PISSN: 18360947     EISSN: 18365795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/CP11300     Document Type: Article

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