Chemotypic diversity of epichloae, fungal symbionts of grasses

Fungal Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 331-344

  Schardl, Christopher L ^a   Young, Carolyn A ^b   Faulkner, Jerome R ^a   Florea, Simona ^a   Pan, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkaloids; Biosynthesis genes; Clavicipitaceae; Epichlo ; Fungus species; Neotyphodium; Poaceae; Po ideae; Symbiosis; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

CLAVICIPITACEAE; EPICHLOE; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; NEOTYPHODIUM; POACEAE; POOIDEAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84859633439     PISSN: 17545048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2011.04.005     Document Type: Article

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