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Neotyphodium/Grass Interactions (Hardcover, 1997 ed.)
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Neotyphodium/Grass Interactions (Hardcover, 1997 ed.)
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Endophytic fungi belonging to the Balansieae tribe were first
hypothesized to cause poor livestock performance in 1977 and, in
1980, the association was validated. The fungi were extensively
studied and classified according to morphology, their life cycles
exam- ined to determine methods to eliminate the fungi in grasses,
and practical methods devel- oped for livestock producers to
eliminate endophyte-infected plants from pastures and establish
endophyte-free plants. Hindsight illustrates how primitive was our
understanding of the associations between endophyte, grass plant,
and animal. The plant/endophyte asso- ciations, thought to be rare
cases, have now been identified in grasses that are adapted from
tropical to nearly arctic, and from marshland to desert climatic
regimes. In the two decades that have passed since the first
endophyte-plant-animal associa- tion was made, the scientific
community has re-classified the endophytic fungi twice (now the
genus Neotyphodium), ~he systematics and ecological role of
endophytes have been more clearly defined, endophytes and grasses
are now generally accepted as mutualistic symbionts, the chemistry
of toxins and their functions defined, beneficial effects of endo-
phytes on plants identified, and commercial ventures have emerged
based upon endophyte research in the turfgrass and livestock
industries.
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