Endophyte communities vary in the needles of Norway spruce clones

Fungal Biology

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 182-190

  Rajala, Tiina ^a   Velmala, Sannakajsa M ^a   Tuomivirta, Tero ^a   Haapanen, Matti ^a   Müller, Michael ^a   Pennanen, Taina ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ectomycorrhizal fungi (ECM fungi); Fungal endophytes; Host genotype; Lophodermium piceae; Needles; Norway spruce (Picea abies)

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

CLONE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONIFEROUS TREE; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; ELECTROKINESIS; ENDOPHYTE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FUNGUS; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PATHOGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORWAY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAF; SPRUCE; TREE;

BIODIVERSITY; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ENDOPHYTES; FUNGI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NORWAY; PHYLOGENY; PICEA; PLANT LEAVES; TREES;

FUNGI; LOPHODERMIUM PICEAE; PHOMA HERBARUM; PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 84875592888     PISSN: 18786146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2013.01.006     Document Type: Article

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