Open AccessGenetics tests of ecological roles of ergot alkaloids produced by an epichloe endophyte of ryegrass
Author(s) -
C. L. Schardl,
Daniel G. Panaccione,
Daniel Potter,
Simona Florea,
U. Hesse,
E. Konnova,
M. Liu,
Caroline Machado,
J. Tyler Stokes
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
grassland research and practice series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2463-4751
pISSN - 0110-8581
DOI - 10.33584/rps.13.2006.3057
Subject(s) - epichloë , endophyte , biology , botany , symbiosis , genetics , bacteria
Ergot alkaloids are produced by ergot fungi (Claviceps spp.) that parasitise ears of grain, and related epichloë endophytes (Epichloë and Neotyphodium spp.) that systemically persist in grasses as protective mutualists.