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Interspecific and intraspecific hybrid Epichloë species symbiotic with the North American native grass Poa alsodes.
Mycologia - 1 Jan 2000
Shymanovich Tatsiana, Charlton Nikki D, Musso Ashleigh M, Scheerer Jonathan, Cech Nadja B, Faeth Stanley H, Young Carolyn A
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The endophyte presence and diversity in natural populations of Poa alsodes were evaluated along a latitudinal transect from the southern distribution range in North Carolina to New York. Two distinct Epichloë hybrid taxa were identified from 23 populations. Each taxon could easily be distinguished by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) genotyping with primers designed to mating type genes and alkaloid biosynthesis...
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