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DOI: | 10.2135/cropsci2007.11.0615 |
Web URL(s): | https://dl.sciencesocieties.org/publications/cs/pdfs/48/5/2033 Last checked: 11/16/2016 Requires: PDF Reader Access conditions: Item is within a limited-access website https://dl.sciencesocieties.org/publications/cs/articles/48/5/2033 Last checked: 11/16/2016 Access conditions: Item is within a limited-access website |
Publication Type:
| Refereed |
Author(s): | Casler, Michael D.;
van Santen, Edzard |
Author Affiliation: | Casler: United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service, United States Dairy Forage Research Center, Madison, Wisconsin; Santen: Department of Agronomy and Soils, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama |
Title: | Fungal endophyte removal does not reduce cold tolerance of tall fescue |
Section: | Forage & grazinglands Other records with the "Forage & grazinglands" Section
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Source: | Crop Science. Vol. 48, No. 5, September/October 2008, p. 2033-2039. |
Publishing Information: | Madison, WI: Crop Science Society of America |
# of Pages: | 7 |
Related Web URL: | https://dl.sciencesocieties.org/publications/cs/abstracts/48/5/2033 Last checked: 11/16/2016 Notes: Abstract only |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Festuca arundinacea; Agriculture; Fungi; Acremonium coenophialum; Stress factors; Endophytes; Cold resistance; Yield response
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Abstract/Contents: | "Tall fescue [Schenodorus phoenix (Scop.) Holub.] has historically been of minor importance to livestock agriculture in cooler regions of the temperate zone. As its use in these regions expands, it becomes increasingly important to understnad the effect of infection by its fungal endophyte (Neotyphodium coenophialum Morgan-Jones and Gams) on agronomic fitness of tall fescue. Our objective was to determine the effect of endophyte infection status on forage yield and survival of tall fescue under field conditions in which freezing temeratures, combined with lack of families of four tall fescue cultivars, half endophyte-infected (E+) and half endophyte-free (E-), for forage yieldand survival. There was no effect of endophyte removal on either forage yield or survival, despite complete stand loss of one cultivar during two winters. In Experiment 2, we evaluated 640 clones of confirmed endophyte status, half E+ and half E-, for survival under two management regimes at four Wisconsin locations. Results were nearly identical to those for Experiment 1, with complete mortality in the unadapted cultivar and high survival rates in the three adapted cultivars, regardless of endophyte status, management, or location. In conclusion, we found no evidence that endophyte removal resulted in any disadvantage to tall fescue host-plant survival under harsh winter conditions. In regions where freezing temperatures and desiccating winds provide the only or most important abiotic stress factor, removal of endophyte fungi do not appear to reduce fitness of their tall fescue host." |
Language: | English |
References: | 41 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Casler, M. D., and E. van Santen. 2008. Fungal endophyte removal does not reduce cold tolerance of tall fescue. Crop Sci. 48(5):p. 2033-2039. |
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| DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2007.11.0615 |
| Web URL(s): https://dl.sciencesocieties.org/publications/cs/pdfs/48/5/2033 Last checked: 11/16/2016 Requires: PDF Reader Access conditions: Item is within a limited-access website https://dl.sciencesocieties.org/publications/cs/articles/48/5/2033 Last checked: 11/16/2016 Access conditions: Item is within a limited-access website |
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