Assessment of fluorescein-based fluorescent dyes for tracing Neotyphodium endophytes in planta

Mycologia

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 221-229

  Card, Stuart D ^a   Tapper, Brian A ^a   Lloyd West, Catherine ^a   Wright, Kathryn M ^b  

^a AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epichloe; Fluorescence microscopy; Vital stain

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN DERIVATIVE; FLUORESCENT DYE;

BLEACHING; DYE; ENDOPHYTE; FLUORESCENCE; FUNGUS; GRASS; SEED;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENDOPHYTE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEOTYPHODIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; STAINING; SYMBIOSIS;

ENDOPHYTES; FLUORESCEINS; FLUORESCENT DYES; NEOTYPHODIUM; POACEAE; STAINING AND LABELING; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84874709986     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: 15572536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3852/12-062     Document Type: Article

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