Genetic diversity and host specificity of fungal endophyte taxa in fescue pasture grasses

Crop Science

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2243-2252

  Ekanayake, Piyumi N ^a,b,c   Hand, Melanie L ^a,b,c   Spangenberg, German C ^a,b,c   Forster, John W ^a,b,c   Guthridge, Kathryn M ^a,b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Futures Cooperative Research Centre   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84864657181     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: 14350653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2011.12.0664     Document Type: Article

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