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Author(s):Lam, Cuong K.; Belanger, Faith C.; White, James F. Jr.; Daie, Jaleh
Author Affiliation:Lam and Belanger: Plant Science Department, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; White: Department of Biology, Auburn University at Montgomery, Montgomery, AL; and Daie: Department of Botany, Birge Hall, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Title:Invertase activity in Epicholë/Acremonium fungal endophytes and its possible role in choke disease
Section:Poster presentations
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Meeting Info.:Cook College, Rutgers, NJ: January 5-6, 1995
Source:Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Rutgers Turfgrass Symposium. 1995, p. 32.
Publishing Information:New Brunswick, NJ: Center for Turfgrass Science, Cook College, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
# of Pages:1
Keywords:TIC Keywords: Invertase; Enzyme activity; Endophytic fungi; Endophytes; Choke disease; Acremonium; Festuca rubra
Abstract/Contents:"Subspecies of Festuca rubra often host fungal endophytes of the genus Epichloë. Endophyte- infection can confer significant advantages, such as insect resistance, to the grass hosts, but in some cases can also result in the pathological condition of choke disease. In choke disease, the developing inflorescence becomes trapped in the fungal mycelium, resulting in reduced seed yields. We have found that the choke stroma tissue contains cell wall and soluble invertase activities which are greater than ten fold higher than the activities in the subtending stem. Most of the invertase activity probably originated from the fungus. High fungal invertase activity in the stroma would improve the sink strength of the fungus for sucrose import from the plant phloem, thus providing the carbohydrate needed for the enhanced fungal growth which occurs in choke disease."
Language:English
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Lam, C. K., F. C. Belanger, J. F. Jr. White, and J. Daie. 1995. Invertase activity in Epicholë/Acremonium fungal endophytes and its possible role in choke disease. Proc. Annu. Rutgers Turfgrass Symp. p. 32.
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