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| Publication Type:
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| Author(s): | Sun, Suichang;
Brede, A. Douglas |
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| Author Affiliation: | Jacklin Seed Company, W. 5300 Riverbend Avenue, Port Falls,, Idaho 83854-9499 USA |
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| Title: | Inoculation of creeping bent with Acremonium endophyte |
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| Section: | Turf diseases: Contributed papers
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| Meeting Info.: | Sydney, Australia: 1997 |
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| Source: | International Turfgrass Society Research Journal. Vol. 8, No. Part 1, 1997, p. 925-929. |
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| Publishing Information: | Blacksburg, VA: International Turfgrass Society |
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| # of Pages: | 5 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Agrostis stolonifera; Acremonium; Inoculation
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| Abstract/Contents: | "Endophytes of the genus Acremonium live within the plant hosts of several economically important turfgrass genera, notably Festuca and Lolium. For the grass hosts, the symbiotic relationship conveys enhanced resistance to a number of important insects and some diseases. Although endophytes have been documented in other species in the Agrostis genus, no endophytes have been found in creeping bent (A. stolonifera L.) or its commercial cultivars. Creeping bent is the principal turfgrass species used on the very highest maintenance sites (golf course greens and fairways in the temperate zone) suggesting the potential for substantial savings in pesticide use worldwide. In this investigation, prospective endophyte isolates were obtained from plants collected in Europe and Asia. A repeated-inoculation technique was developed for introducing the fungi into developing bent seedlings under sterile culture. Numerous techniques and isolates were tested, using clonal selections from the cultivar, Putter. An acceptable technique and isolate were identified by the successful incorporation of the fungus into the plant and retention of the fungus in the tissue for more than a year. Tissue staining using 0.5% rose bengal and microscopic examination confirmed prescence of the fungus and successful natural transmission throughout the plant's stolon system. Inoculation was successful in less than 1% of inoculated seedlings. However, this quantity was sufficient for initiating a breeding project aimed at production of an endophyte-infected creeping bent cultivar." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 11 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Sun, S., and A. D. Brede. 1997. Inoculation of creeping bent with Acremonium endophyte. Int. Turfgrass Soc. Res. J. 8(Part 1):p. 925-929. |
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