Altered allocation to roots and shoots in the endophyte-infected seedlings of Puccinellia distans (Poaceae)

Plant Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 264-273

  Czarnoleski, M ^a   Olejniczak, P ^b   Gorzynska K ^c   Kozlowski, J ^a   Lembicz, M ^c  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF NATURE CONSERVATION   (Poland)

^c ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Endophyte; Epichlo typhina; Germination; Grass; Resource allocation; Seeds; Shoot:root ratio

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOPHYTE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGUS; GERMANIUM; GROWTH RATE; HERBIVORE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; SEEDLING; SYMBIOSIS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOPHYTE; EPICHLOE; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; POACEAE; SEEDLING; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYMBIOSIS; TIME;

ENDOPHYTES; EPICHLOE; GERMINATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; POACEAE; SEEDLING; SEEDS; SYMBIOSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EPICHLOE; EPICHLOE TYPHINA; FUNGI; POACEAE; PUCCINELLIA DISTANS;

EID: 84873458758     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: 14388677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2012.00633.x     Document Type: Article

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