Two new species of Undifilum, fungal endophytes of Astragalus (locoweeds) in the United States

Botany

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 866-875

  Baucom, Deana L ^a,b   Romero, Marie ^a   Belfon, Robert ^a   Creamer, Rebecca ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Astragalus lentiginosus; Astragalus mollissimus; Fungal endophyte; Undifilum cinereum; Undifilum fulvum

Indexed keywords

ENDOPHYTE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LEGUME; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMORPHISM; TAXONOMY; WEED;

UNITED STATES;

ASTRAGALUS (ANGIOSPERM); ASTRAGALUS LENTIGINOSUS; ASTRAGALUS MOLLISSIMUS; FUNGI; OXYTROPIS; OXYTROPIS SERICEA;

EID: 84865677340     PISSN: 19162804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b2012-056     Document Type: Article

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