A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Development and Characterization of Nuclear Microsatellite Markers in the Endophytic Fungus Epichloë festucae (Clavicipitaceae)
Authors: Maria von Cräutlein, Helena Korpelainen, Marjo Helander, Annika Öhberg, Kari Saikkonen
Publisher: BOTANICAL SOC AMER INC
Publication year: 2014
Journal: Applications in Plant Sciences
Journal name in source: APPLICATIONS IN PLANT SCIENCES
Journal acronym: APPL PLANT SCI
Article number: 1400093
Volume: 2
Issue: 12
Number of pages: 4
ISSN: 2168-0450
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3732/apps.1400093
Conclusions: These polymorphic markers will be used by grass breeders for uses including the improvement of commercial turfgrass cultivars, and by population geneticists to study different species of the Epichloe genus.
Keywords:
Ascomycota, Clavicipitaceae, endophyte, Epichloe festucae, Festuca rubra, fungus, grass