Effects of natural hybrid and non-hybrid Epichloë endophytes on the response of Hordelymus europaeus to drought stress

New Phytologist

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 242-253

  Oberhofer, Martina ^a,b   Güsewell, Sabine ^a   Leuchtmann, Adrian ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought adaptation; Hybrid endophyte; Inoculation; Mutualism; Niche expansion; Woodland grass

Indexed keywords

COEVOLUTION; DROUGHT STRESS; ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS; GRASS; HOST PLANT; HYBRID; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INOCULATION; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MUTUALISM; NICHE; PHYTOMASS; SEED PRODUCTION; TILLERING; WOODLAND;

ASCOMYCOTA; CLAVICIPITACEAE; EPICHLOE; HORDELYMUS EUROPAEUS;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; DROUGHT; DROUGHT ADAPTATION; ENDOPHYTE; EPICHLOE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HYBRID ENDOPHYTE; HYBRIDIZATION; INOCULATION; NEOTYPHODIUM; NICHE EXPANSION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; SEEDLING; SYMBIOSIS; WOODLAND GRASS;

DROUGHT ADAPTATION; HYBRID ENDOPHYTE; INOCULATION; MUTUALISM; NICHE EXPANSION; WOODLAND GRASS;

BIOMASS; DROUGHTS; ENDOPHYTES; EPICHLOE; GENETIC VARIATION; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; NEOTYPHODIUM; POACEAE; SEEDLING; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84888305222     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12496     Document Type: Article

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