Grass-Endophyte Interactions and Their Ecological Significance

Abstract

Abstract: Endophytes are a kind of fungi that live inside plant. They widely exist in higher plants, particularly in grasses. It is well documented that the interactions between endophytes and plants are mutually symbiotic. Literature of Acremonium-grass symbiosis over the last twenty years is reviewed in this paper, in the hope that researchers in our country will pay attention to this topic.

Key words: evergreen broad-leaved forest, nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization, litterfall, nutrient concentration,  Schima superba.

Chen Shiping, Gao Yubao. Grass-Endophyte Interactions and Their Ecological Significance[J]. cje, 2000, (5): 52-57.

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