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Web URL(s): | https://archive.lib.msu.edu/tic/gcman/article/1996sep49.pdf Last checked: 09/30/2008 Requires: PDF Reader |
Publication Type:
| Professional |
Author(s): | Sun, Suichang |
Author Affiliation: | Laboratory Manager, Research Department, Jacklin Seed Company, Post Falls, Idaho |
Title: | Finding friendly fungi: Endophytes for creeping bentgrass and Kentucky bluegrass: Prolonged searching has turned up Acremonium endophytes compatible with Kentucky bluegrass and creeping bentgrass. Breaders are scrambling to insert these beneficial fungi into tomorrow's varieties |
Section: | Features Other records with the "Features" Section
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Source: | Golf Course Management. Vol. 64, No. 9, September 1996, p. 49-52. |
# of Pages: | 4 |
Publishing Information: | Lawrence, KS: Golf Course Superintendents Association of America |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Endophytes; Acremonium; Poa pratensis; Agrostis stolonifera; Breeding improvement; Biological control; Genetics; Disease resistance; Insect resistance
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Abstract/Contents: | Discusses the recently discovered "Acremonium endophytes compatible with Kentucky bluegrass and creeping bentgrass. Breeders are scrambling to insert these beneficial fungi into tomorrow's varieties. ... The benefits of Acremonium endophyte include enhanced insect resistance and some natural disease resistance, (i.e., dollar spot) and tolerance to certain environmental stresses (2,4)." |
Language: | English |
References: | 7 |
Note: | Includes sidebar, "Wild species of Poa found naturally infected with Acremonium endophytes (3)", p. 50 Pictures, color |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Sun, S. 1996. Finding friendly fungi: Endophytes for creeping bentgrass and Kentucky bluegrass: Prolonged searching has turned up Acremonium endophytes compatible with Kentucky bluegrass and creeping bentgrass. Breaders are scrambling to insert these beneficial fungi into tomorrow's varieties. Golf Course Manage. 64(9):p. 49-52. |
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