Open AccessEcology of epiphyllous stages of endophytes and implications fro horizontal dissemination
Author(s) -
Mariusz Tadych,
Jacob White
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.13.2006.3093
Subject(s) - neotyphodium , endophyte , conidium , biology , epiphyte , botany , biological dispersal , plant use of endophytic fungi in defense , ecology , poaceae , lolium perenne , population , demography , sociology
Experiments were conducted to examine aspects of the ecology of the epiphyllous stage of a Neotyphodium endophyte on leaves of Poa ampla (big bluegrass) plants. Conidia were found to be readily water dispersed and to survive for several weeks on leaf surfaces. Neotyphodium was found to colonise excised grass leaves and grow on growing meristems of seedlings. The significance of epiphyllous stages of endophytes was also evaluated and discussed. Keywords: Clavicipitaceae, Neotyphodium, conidia, dissemination, water dispersal, endophytes, epiphytes, epiphyllous, big bluegrass, Poa ampla