Fungal endophytes help prevent weed invasions

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 165, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-5

  Saikkonen, Kari ^a   Ruokolainen, Kalle ^b   Huitu, Otso ^a   Gundel, Pedro E ^a,c   Piltti, Tiina ^b   Hamilton, Cyd E ^a   Helander, Marjo ^b  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Competition; Grass; Grazing; Herbivory; Microtus; Neotyphodium; Yield

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COLONIZATION; CULTIVAR; ENDOPHYTE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FUNGUS; GERMINATION; GRASS; GRAZING; HERBIVORY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MEADOW; MONOCULTURE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SPECIES RICHNESS; SURVIVAL; WEED; WEED CONTROL;

FESTUCA PRATENSIS; LOLIUM; MICROTUS; MURIDAE; NEOTYPHODIUM;

EID: 84872590927     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2012.12.002     Document Type: Article

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