Endophytes of Forest Trees Biology and Applications /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Pirttilä, Anna Maria (Editor), Frank, A. Carolin (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011.
• Series: Forestry Sciences, 80
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Plant biochemistry.; Biodiversity.; Microbial ecology.; Forestry.; Trees.; Life Sciences.; Tree Biology.; Microbial Ecology.; Plant Biochemistry.

Found in every plant species, the diversity of endophytic micro-organisms can be extremely high within different plant organs and tissue types. In trees, their ecological roles with respect to host tree can vary from latent pathogens or saprophytes to neutral commensalists and mutualists. Given thei...