Vertical transmission of fungal endophytes is widespread in forbs

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1199-1208

  Hodgson, Susan ^a   de Cates, Catherine ^a   Hodgson, Joshua ^a   Morley, Neil J ^a   Sutton, Brian C ^a   Gange, Alan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fungi; Mutualism; Plant plant interactions; Pollen; Seed; Seedling; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899004168     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.953     Document Type: Article

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