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  • noun Plural form of endophyte.

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Examples

  • The fungi growing inside leaves without causing disease to the plant are called endophytes: endo -, inside, and - phyte, plant.

    unknown title 2009

  • New varieties of ryegrass and clover, pastures with greater water efficiency, tolerance to heat, insect resistance and improved animal health, had been developed using naturally occurring microscopic fungi called endophytes, which live inside the plant cells.

    Stuff.co.nz - Stuff By JON MORGAN 2009

  • The fungi growing inside leaves without causing disease to the plant are called endophytes: endo -, inside, and - phyte, plant.

    unknown title 2009

  • The fungi growing inside leaves without causing disease to the plant are called endophytes: endo -, inside, and - phyte, plant.

    Clipmarks | Live Clips 2009

  • Grass-endophytes may have multifarious effects on herbivore communities

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Susanna Saari et al. 2010

  • One group of microbial symbionts that are known to affect multitrophic interactions are fungal grass-endophytes in the genus

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Susanna Saari et al. 2010

  • What's more, consumption of endophytes appears to be advantageous to voles by reducing risk of mammalian predation.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Susanna Saari et al. 2010

  • Acremonium endophytes to performance of animals and grass plants.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Susanna Saari et al. 2010

  • Leuchtmann A (1992) Systematics, distribution, and host specificity of grass endophytes.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Susanna Saari et al. 2010

  • Helander M, Lehtonen P, Saikkonen K (2008) Consumption of grass endophytes alters the ultraviolet spectrum of vole urine.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Susanna Saari et al. 2010

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