A novel plant-fungal mutualism associated with fire

Fungal Biology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 133-144

  Baynes, Melissa ^a   Newcombe, George ^a   Dixon, Linley ^b   Castlebury, Lisa ^b   O'Donnell, Kerry ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b Syst Botany and Mycology Laboratory   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bromus tectorum; Enhanced mutualism hypothesis; Morchella; Plant invasions; Symbiont mediated thermotolerance

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ADAPTATION; ANNUAL PLANT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOMASS; ENDOPHYTE; FECUNDITY; FUNGUS; GRASS; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; INVASIVE SPECIES; MUTUALISM; NATIVE SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; SEED BANK; SEED DISPERSAL; SURVIVAL; SYMBIONT; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE; WILDFIRE;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BROMUS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FIRE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; SURVIVAL; SYMBIOSIS;

ASCOMYCOTA; BROMUS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, FUNGAL; FIRES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SYMBIOSIS;

IDAHO; NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

BROMUS; BROMUS TECTORUM; FUNGI; MORCHELLA;

EID: 84655165060     PISSN: 18786146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2011.10.008     Document Type: Article

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