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Asexual endophytes in a native grass: tradeoffs in mortality, growth, reproduction, and alkaloid production.
Microbial ecology - 1 Oct 2010
Faeth Stanley H, Hayes Cinnamon J, Gardner Dale R
Abstract excerpt
Neotyphodium endophytes are asexual, seed-borne fungal symbionts that are thought to interact mutualistically with their grass hosts. Benefits include increased growth, reproduction, and resistance to herbivores via endophytic alkaloids. Although these benefits are well established in infected introduced, agronomic grasses, little is known about the cost and benefits of endophyte infection in native grass...
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