Endophyte in perennial grasses: effect on host plants and livestock [article]

Paul Quigley, Kevin Reed, Policy Online
1999
Endophytes are fungi that live within healthy plant tissue, relying on it for protection, nutrition and dispersal. Usually they do not cause any disease symptoms but can be detected by examining plant sections with a microscope or by laboratory tests. There are many different strains of endophytes> Each is compatible with particular grass species or genotypes. Endophytes have been found in perennial ryegrass, annual ryegrass including L. multiflorum and L. rigidum, and in many species within
more » ... genera Poa, Stipa, and Festuca but not in Dactylis (cocksfoot) or
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