Endosymbiosis and population differentiation in wild and cultivated Lolium perenne (Poaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 829-838

  Cheplick, Gregory P ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessions; Common gardens; Endophytic fungi; Endosymbiosis; Lolium perenne; Neotyphodium lolii; Perennial ryegrass; Poaceae; Tillers

Indexed keywords

COEVOLUTION; CULTIVAR; ENDOPHYTE; ENDOSYMBIONT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FECUNDITY; FUNGUS; GARDEN; GRASS; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; NATIVE SPECIES; SURVIVAL; SYMBIOSIS; TILLERING; WILD POPULATION;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; ENDOPHYTE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LOLIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; NEOTYPHODIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; REPRODUCTION; SYMBIOSIS;

BIOMASS; ENDOPHYTES; LOLIUM; NEOTYPHODIUM; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REPRODUCTION; SYMBIOSIS;

ITALY; MOROCCO; NEW JERSEY; TUNISIA; TURKEY; UNITED STATES;

FUNGI; LOLIUM PERENNE; NEOTYPHODIUM LOLII; POACEAE;

EID: 84858420044     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1000226     Document Type: Article

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