Do colonization by dark septate endophytes and elevated temperature affect pathogenicity of oomycetes?

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 157-168

  Tellenbach, Christoph ^a   Sieber, Thomas N ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Disease suppression; DSE; Mutualism antagonism continuum; Phialocephala fortinii; Plant microorganism interactions; QPCR

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DISEASE CONTROL; ENDOPHYTE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MORTALITY; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; ROOT SYSTEM; SEEDLING; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; ECOSYSTEM; ENDOPHYTE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; NORWAY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYTOPHTHORA; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT ROOT; PYTHIUM; SEEDLING; SPRUCE; TEMPERATURE;

ASCOMYCOTA; ECOSYSTEM; ENDOPHYTES; NORWAY; PHYTOPHTHORA; PICEA; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT ROOTS; PYTHIUM; SEEDLING; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

OOMYCETES; PHIALOCEPHALA FORTINII; PHYTOPHTHORA; PHYTOPHTHORA CITRICOLA; PICEA ABIES; PYTHIUM; PYTHIUM UNDULATUM;

EID: 84866034360     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2012.01415.x     Document Type: Article

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