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Epichloë  endophytes associated with cool-season grass species can protect their hosts from herbivory and can suppress mycorrhizal colonization of the hosts’ roots. However, little is known about whether or not  Epichloë  endophyte infection can also change the foliar fungal assemblages of the host. We tested 52 grassland study sites along a land-use intensity gradient in three study regions over two seasons (spring vs. summer) to determine whether  Epichloë  infection of the host grass  Lolium perenne  changes the fungal community structure in leaves. Foliar fungal communities were assessed by Next Generation Sequencing of the ITS rRNA gene region. Fungal community structure was strongly affected by study region and season in our study, while land-use intensity and infection with  Epichloë  endophytes had no significant effects. We conclude that effects on non-systemic endophytes resulting from land use practices and  Epichloë  infection reported in other studies were masked by local and seasonal variability in this study’s grassland sites.

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Knowing your neighbourhood—the effects of <i>Epichloë</i> endophytes on foliar fungal assemblages in perennial ryegrass in dependence of season and land-use intensity

Knowing your neighbourhood—the effects of Epichloë endophytes on foliar fungal assemblages in perennial ryegrass in dependence of season and land-use intensity