A morphological change in the fungal symbiont Neotyphodium lolii induces dwarfing in its host plant Lolium perenne

Fungal Biology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 234-240

  Simpson, W R ^a   Schmid, J ^b   Singh, J ^b   Faville, M J ^a   Johnson, R D ^a  

^a AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Colony morphology; Dwarfing; Lolium perenne; Neotyphodium

Indexed keywords

POLYSACCHARIDE;

COLONY; ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS; GENOTYPE; HOST PLANT; INFECTIVITY; MONOCOTYLEDON; MORPHOLOGY; MUTATION; PERENNIAL PLANT; SEEDLING;

ARTICLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LOLIUM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NEOTYPHODIUM; NEW ZEALAND; PHENOTYPE; SYMBIOSIS;

LOLIUM; NEOTYPHODIUM; NEW ZEALAND; PHENOTYPE; POLYSACCHARIDES; SYMBIOSIS;

NEW ZEALAND;

FUNGI; LOLIUM PERENNE; NEOTYPHODIUM; NEOTYPHODIUM LOLII;

EID: 84856322029     PISSN: 18786146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2011.11.006     Document Type: Article

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