Endophytic fungal symbionts associated with gypsophilous plants1

Botany

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 295-301

  Porras Alfaro, Andrea ^a,b   Raghavan, Srivathsan ^a   Garcia, Margaret ^b   Sinsabaugh, Robert L ^b   Natvig, Donald O ^b   Lowrey, Timothy K ^b  

^a WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternaria; AMF; Dark septate fungi; Endophytes; Gypsophilous plants; Gypsum; Monosporascus; Semiarid grassland

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; ARID REGION; COLONIZATION; DICOTYLEDON; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENDOPHYTE; GRASS; GYPSUM; SEMIARID REGION; SUBSTRATE; SYMBIONT;

NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84898729389     PISSN: 19162804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjb-2013-0178     Document Type: Article

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