Nutrient transfer to plants by phylogenetically diverse fungi suggests convergent evolutionary strategies in rhizospheric symbionts

Communicative and Integrative Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Behie, Scott W ^a   Padilla Guerrero, Israel E ^a   Bidochka, Michael J ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Convergent evolution; Endophyte; Fungus; Insect pathogen; Plant symbiosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875098277     PISSN: 19420889     EISSN: 19420889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cib.22321     Document Type: Short Survey

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