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Evidence for alteration of fungal endophyte community assembly by host defense compounds.
The New phytologist - 1 Jan 2009
Saunders Megan, Kohn Linda Myra
Abstract excerpt
* Plant defense compounds are common stressors encountered by endophytes. Fungi readily evolve tolerance to these compounds, yet few studies have addressed the influence of intraspecific variation in defense compound production on endophyte colonization. We compared the influence of defense compound production on the composition of fungal endophyte communities in replicated field experiments. * Maize (Zea mays)...
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