endophyte
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The study 'A nucleoside signal generated by fungal endophyte regulates host cell death and promotes root colonization' was published in Cell Host & Microbe.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 27, 2024
A LuxR homolog in a cottonwood tree endophyte that activates gene expression in response to a plant signal or specific peptides.
From Nature ● Nov. 14, 2017
Slowly, the benefits of the endophyte and rhizoid interactions for both partners led to present-day mycorrhizae; up to about 90 percent of today’s vascular plants have associations with fungi in their rhizosphere.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
When researchers discovered that a fungus, or endophyte, in Kentucky 31 fescue was responsible for a host of ailments in cattle, sheep, goats and horses, they got busy.
From Time Magazine Archive
If it's horses you are grazing, you'll definitely want to stick with one of the novel endophyte varieties.
From Time Magazine Archive
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