Epichloë spp. Associated with grasses: New insights on life cycles, dissemination and evolution

Mycologia

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 181-201

  Tadych, Mariusz ^a   Bergen, Marshall S ^a   White Jr , James F ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clavicipitaceae; Conidiation; Endophytes; Epibiotic; Horizontal dissemination; Hybridization; Vertical dissemination

Indexed keywords

ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS; GRASS; GROWTH RATE; HOST PLANT; LIFE CYCLE; SYMBIOSIS;

ARTICLE; ENDOPHYTE; EPICHLOE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; SYMBIOSIS;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ENDOPHYTES; EPICHLOE; POACEAE; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84901377729     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: 15572536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3852/106.2.181     Document Type: Article

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