Endophyte research: Going beyond isolation and metabolite documentation

Fungal Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 561-568

  Suryanarayanan, Trichur S ^a  

^a Vivekananda Institute of Tropical Mycology VINSTROM   (India)

Author keywords

Endophytism; Fungal ecology; Fungal interactions; Fungal symbionts; Symptomless fungi

Indexed keywords

ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGI; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84888135601     PISSN: 17545048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2013.09.007     Document Type: Review

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