Species diversity of Epichloë symbiotic with two grasses from southern Argentinean Patagonia

Mycologia

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 339-352

  McCargo, Patricia D ^a   Iannone, Leopoldo J ^a,b   Vignale, María Victoria ^a   Schardl, Christopher L ^c   Rossi, María Susana ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Ctro de la Prov de Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bromus setifolius; Endophyte diversity; Epichlo ; Neotyphodium; Phleum alpinum; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

GENOTYPE; GRASS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NEW SPECIES; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYMBIOSIS;

ARGENTINA; PATAGONIA;

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BROMUS SETIFOLIUS; CLASSIFICATION; ENDOPHYTE DIVERSITY; EPICHLOE; EPICHLOË; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEOTYPHODIUM; PHLEUM ALPINUM; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; SYMBIOSIS;

BROMUS SETIFOLIUS; ENDOPHYTE DIVERSITY; EPICHLOË; NEOTYPHODIUM; PHLEUM ALPINUM; PHYLOGENY;

BIODIVERSITY; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; EPICHLOE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOTYPHODIUM; PHYLOGENY; POACEAE; SPORES, FUNGAL; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84901318853     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: 15572536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3852/106.2.339     Document Type: Article

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