Open AccessThe endophytic community of Dactylis glomerata
Author(s) -
Sánchez Márquez,
Gerald F. Bills,
Íñigo Zabalgogeazcoa
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.13.2006.3088
Subject(s) - dactylis glomerata , mycobiota , biology , plant use of endophytic fungi in defense , botany , abundance (ecology) , ecology , poaceae
Morphological and molecular methods were used to identify the endophytic mycobiota of the grass Dactylis glomerata. Fungal endophytes belonging to 109 different species were isolated from asymptomatic plants sampled in different ecosystems in Spain. Species accumulation curves showed that most species commonly infecting this grass have been identified, but the number of singleton species occasionally infecting the plants is likely to increase with more sampling effort. A large endophytic assemblage consisting of fungi with diverse ecological roles, and potentially unknown species was found in a small number of plants. Keywords: endophytes, Dactylis glomerata, diversity, abundance