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Publication Type:
| Refereed |
Author(s): | Piano, E.;
Bertoli, F. B.;
Romani, M.;
Tava, A.;
Riccioni, L.;
Valvassori, M.;
Carroni, A. M.;
Pecetti, L. |
Author Affiliation: | Piano, Bertoli, Romani, Tava, & Pecetti: Istituto Sperimentale per le Colture Foraggere, Lodi, Italy; Riccioni & Valvassori: Istituto Sperimentale per la Patologia Vegetale, Rome, Italy; Carroni: Istituto Sperimentale per le Colture Foraggere, Cagliari, Italy |
Title: | Specificity of host-endophyte association in tall fescue populations from Sardinia, Italy |
Section: | Crop breeding, genetics & cytology Other records with the "Crop breeding, genetics & cytology" Section
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Source: | Crop Science. Vol. 45, No. 4, July/August 2005, p. 1456-1463. |
Publishing Information: | Madison, WI: Crop Science Society of America |
# of Pages: | 8 |
Related Web URL: | https://dl.sciencesocieties.org/publications/cs/abstracts/45/4/1456 Last checked: 11/16/2016 Notes: Abstract only |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Festuca arundinacea; Fungi; Breeding; Endophytes; Hosts of plant pests; Metabolites; Acremonium coenophialum; Conidia; Infection; Chemical analysis; Morphology; Taxonomy
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Geographic Terms: | Sardinia, Italy |
Abstract/Contents: | "Tall fescue [Festuca arundinacea Schreb. var. arundinacea Schreb. (2n=6x=42)] breeding objectives are to exploit the natural variation of the associated endophytic fungi and to select specific plant-fungus combinations that optimize the host fitness but do not cause detrimental effects on grazing animals. This study investigated the presence of endophytes in 60 tall fescue natural populations from Sardinia, Italy; identified the endophytes and assessed some important metabolites produced by their interaction with the host plant; and characterized the tall fescue populations for morphological traits, relating the variation among populations to possible differences in the associated endophytes. The high frequency of infected polulations (58 out of 60), and high levels of infection (on average,80% infected seed), suggested an adaptive advantage of E+ plants under harsh Mediterranean conditions. Morphological identification of fungal isolates, in comparison with Neotyphodium coenophialum (Morgan-Jones et Gams) Glenn, Bacon et Hanlin check isolates, made it possible to separate two groups of populations. One, infrequent, associated with a long-conidia endophyte (attributable to N.coenophialum), and another associated with a short-conidia form, likely belonging to the Festuca arundinacea Taxonomic Grouping-2 (FaTG-2), which was previously isolated in a few Mediterranean accessions. Chemical analysis revealed the presence of loline alkaloids only in populations associated to the long-conidia endophyte, thus corroborating that form's attribution to the loline-inducing N. coenophialum . A difference was also observed in ergovaline concentration between long-conidia (=N. coenphialum) and short-conidia endophyte variants, the latter producing only about 25% of the ergovaline produced by the former. A coevolutionary specificity between the native Sardinian fescue germplasm and its associated endophyte was suggested by the aggreement between morphology of the host plant (distinct from germplasm originating in temperate environments) and morphological and biochemical characteristics of the harbored fungus." |
Language: | English |
References: | 39 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Piano, E., F. B. Bertoli, M. Romani, A. Tava, L. Riccioni, L. Riccioni, et al. 2005. Specificity of host-endophyte association in tall fescue populations from Sardinia, Italy. Crop Sci. 45(4):p. 1456-1463. |
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