RESTORATION OF TALL FESCUE PASTURES TO NATIVE WARM SEASON GRASSLANDS: DOES A FUNGAL ENDOPHYTE SYMBIOSIS PLAY A ROLE IN RESTORATION SUCCESS?
Tall fescue, a cool-season grass native to Europe, central Asia, and northern Africa, has been widely distributed throughout the U.S. for use as turf and forage. Following its widespread planting, its ability to associate with a toxic fungal endophyte, Neotyphodium coenophialum, was discovered. Rese...
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UKnowledge
2011
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| Online Access: | http://uknowledge.uky.edu/gradschool_diss/196 http://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1194&context=gradschool_diss |