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| Web URL(s): | http://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/pdf/10.1094/PHYTO.2006.96.6.S132#page=5
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| Content Type: | Abstract or Summary only |
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| Author(s): | Schardl, C. L. |
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| Author Affiliation: | Department of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky, Kentucky |
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| Title: | General aspects of grass endophytes: A baseline for comparing endophytes of woody plants |
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| Section: | Abstracts of special session presentations at the 2006 APS Annual Meeting - Fungal Endophytes: Diversity and Function in Foreset Ecosystems
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| Source: | Phytopathology. Vol. 96, No. 6, June Supplement 2006, p. S136. |
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| Publishing Information: | St. Paul, MN: American Phytopathological Society |
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| # of Pages: | 1 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Endophytes; Comparisons; Disease profile; Alkaloids; Pest resistance
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| Abstract/Contents: | "Endophytic fungi can be defined as fungi that inhabit plant tissues, produce little or no external growth, and induce little or no disease throughout their life cycles. Given this definition (which would exclude mycorrhizal fungi and most pathogens), perhaps the most thoroughly studied fungal endophytes are those of the ascomycete family Clavicipitaceae; especially Epichloe and Neotyphodium species. These "epichloe endophytes" inhabit aerial parts of cool season grasses, and many are seed transmissible. The grass-epichloe symbioses range from pathogenic to mutualistic. Endophyte effects associated with mutualism include the production of alkaloids that antagonize insects or vertebrate herbivores, enhanced resistance to nematodes, enhanced resistance to drought, and sometimes other benefits. Epichloe endophytes are widely used (sometimes unwittingly) as biological protectants of forage, pasture or turf grasses, and also are important in the ecology of many wild grass species in temperate woodland or meadow environments. I will review progress on understanding the evolution and genetics of the epichloe endophytes, and what we might learn in ongoing genomic studies of Epichloe festucae and its host grasses, the Festuca and Lolium species." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| Note: | This item is an abstract only! |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Schardl, C. L. 2006. General aspects of grass endophytes: A baseline for comparing endophytes of woody plants. Phytopathology. 96(6):p. S136. |
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