Article
Origin of a fungal symbiont of perennial ryegrass by interspecific hybridization of a mutualist with the ryegrass choke pathogen, Epichloë typhina.
Genetics - 1 Apr 1994
Schardl C L, Leuchtmann A, Tsai H F, Collett M A, Watt D M, Scott D B
Abstract excerpt
Seed-borne fungal symbionts (endophytes) provide many cool-season grass species with biological protection from biotic and abiotic stresses. The endophytes are asexual, whereas closely related sexual species of genus Epichloë (Clavicipitales) cause grass choke disease. Perennial ryegrass (Lolium...
Topics
- Acremonium
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Ascomycota
- Base Sequence
- Crosses, Genetic
- DNA Primers
- DNA, Fungal
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Genotype
- Hybridization, Genetic
- Isoenzymes
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- Poaceae
- Polymorphism, Genetic