Biotic filters in fungal endophyte community assembly
My work focuses on the community ecology of symbioses, specifically of fungal endophytes and their hosts. This thesis describes how plant defense compounds and a seed endophyte influence community structure of maize fungal endophytes. Maize produces benzoxazinoids (BXs), compounds toxic to microbe...
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| Language: | en_ca |
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2010
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1807/24871 |