{"product_id":"neotyphodiumgrass-interactions-9780306456886","title":"NeotyphodiumGrass Interactions","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEndophytic 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                            scien\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn Overview of Neotyphodium-Grass Interactions;  G.C.M. Latch. Evolution and Systematics of Grass-Endophyte  Associations: The Evolution of Mutualism in Grass-Endophyte  Associations; H.H. Wilkinson, C.L. Schardl. Systematics of  the Graminicolous Clavicipitacea: Applications of  Morphological and Molecular Approaches; J.F. White.  Ecological Interactions of Endophyte-Grass Associations:  Ecological Diversity in Neotyphodium-Infected Grasses as  Influenced by Host and Fungus Characteristics; A. Leuchtmann.  Consequences of Endophyt-Infected Grasses on Plant; K. Clay.  Soil Invertebrate Species Diversity and Abundance in  Endophyte-Infected Tall Fescue Pastures; E.C. Bernard, et al.  Commercial Uses of Endophyte-Infected Grasses: The  Evaluation and Use of Endophytes for Pasture Improvement; L.R.  Fletcher, H.S. Easton. Use of Natural and Transformed Endophytes  for Turf Improvement; C.R. Funk, J.F. White. Animal  Toxicoses: Fescue Toxicosis in Horses; D.L. Cross.  Physiological Manifestations of Endophyte Toxicosis in Ruminant and  Laboratory Species; J.W. Oliver. 6 Additional Chapters. Short  Papers. Index.","brand":"Springer Science+Business Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52195185426775,"sku":"9780306456886","price":161.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780306456886.jpg?v=1763646672","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/neotyphodiumgrass-interactions-9780306456886","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}