Diversity and composition of fungal endophytes in semiarid Northwest Venezuela

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 85, Issue , 2012, Pages 46-55

  Loro, M ^a   Valero Jimenez C A ^b   Nozawa, S ^c   Marquez L M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS VETERINARIAS   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^d Fundacion Instituto de Estudios Avanzados IDEA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Dark septate endophytes; Endophytic fungi; Internal transcribed spacer; Poaceae

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; ENDOPHYTE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FUNGUS; GRASS; HOST PLANT; LATITUDE; NEOTROPIC ECOZONE; PHYLOGENETICS; SEDGE; SEMIARID REGION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

VENEZUELA;

CAREX; COCHLIOBOLUS; FUNGI; OTUS; PHOMA; PLEOSPORALES; POACEAE; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84861334937     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2012.04.009     Document Type: Article

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