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Journal of Undergraduate Research

Keywords

endophyte, drought resistance, forage grass, irrigation

College

Life Sciences

Department

Plant and Wildlife Sciences

Abstract

Endophyte infected, drought resistant crops are gaining in popularity with growers because irrigation can be expensive and rainfall unpredictably sparse. For this reason there has been a recent explosion of research relating to the benefits of plant microbe interactions. Our investigations were focused on fungal endophytes that produce alkaloid compounds which confer drought resistance in forage grasses.

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