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Endophytes from Natural Festuca spp. in Southwest China and Their Compatibility with Tall Fescue Cultivars  

Wang, Yaoyao (Institute of Turfgrass Science, Beijing Forestry University)
Du, Yongji (Institute of Turfgrass Science, Beijing Forestry University)
Han, Liebao (Institute of Turfgrass Science, Beijing Forestry University)
Li, Deying (Department of Plant Sciences, North Dakota State University)
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Asian Journal of Turfgrass Science / v.23, no.1, 2009 , pp. 163-176 More about this Journal
Abstract
Investigating endophyte distribution, naturally occurring in native grasses, is important for understanding endophyte-grass associations and using the beneficial effects of endophytes in cultivated plants. The goal of this study was to investigate endophytes from natural Festuca spp. in Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan Provinces of China, and to study the compatibility between the endophytes and turf type tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea) which is widely used for lawn and athletic fields in that region. Of 628 accessions in F. ovina, 421 had endophytes identified in leaf sheath from on-site microscopic examination. From Festuca spp, three isolates were obtained from the seeds and ninety isolates were obtained from seedlings established from the collected seeds. The isolates from F. ovina and F. stapfii were tentatively identified as Neotyphodium typhinum and Neotyphodiumstarii, respectively. We tested compatibility of the two fungal species with seven tall fescue cultivars, Little Hero, Sub Boy, Eldorado, Arid III, Millennium, Crossfire, and Fawn. N. typhinum or N. starii did not infect 'Fawn' with either seed injection or seed soaking method. The highest infection rate byboth N. typhinum and N. starii was in 'Sun Boy' and 'Eldorado'. There were significant interaction effects between tall fescue cultivar and type of endophyte on infection.
Keywords
stress tolerance; symbiosis; fungus; Turfgrass;
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