A fungal endophyte reinforces population adaptive differentiation in its host grass species

New Phytologist

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 561-571

  Gibert, Anaïs ^a   Volaire, Florence ^b   Barre, Philippe ^c   Hazard, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^c French Natl Inst Agr Res INRA   (France)

Author keywords

Drought survival; Mutualism; Native grass; Neotyphodium; Plant strategy; Water stress

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; WATER;

ADAPTATION; COEVOLUTION; ENDOPHYTE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FUNGUS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GRASS; HOST PLANT; MUTUALISM; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SYMBIOSIS; TRADE-OFF; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; DROUGHT; ENDOPHYTE; FRANCE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LOLIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; NEOTYPHODIUM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; DROUGHTS; ENDOPHYTES; FRANCE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; LOLIUM; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NEOTYPHODIUM; PLANT LEAVES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; WATER;

LOLIUM PERENNE; NEOTYPHODIUM; NEOTYPHODIUM LOLII; POACEAE;

EID: 84858746145     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04073.x     Document Type: Article

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