Endophytes of native grasses from South America: Biodiversity and ecology

Fungal Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 357-363

  Iannone, Leopoldo J ^a,b   Novas, María V ^a   Young, Carolyn A ^c   De Battista, José P ^d   Schardl, Christopher L ^e  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

^d Laboratorio Sanidad Aviar   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biology; Diversity; Ecology; Neotyphodium; South America

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR; FUNGI; NEOTYPHODIUM; NEOTYPHODIUM TEMBLADERAE; POACEAE;

EID: 84859635059     PISSN: 17545048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2011.05.007     Document Type: Article

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