Conservation and diversity of seed associated endophytes in Zea across boundaries of evolution, ethnography and ecology.

Endophytes are non-pathogenic microbes living inside plants. We asked whether endophytic species were conserved in the agriculturally important plant genus Zea as it became domesticated from its wild ancestors (teosinte) to modern maize (corn) and moved from Mexico to Canada. Kernels from population...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: David Johnston-Monje, Manish N Raizada
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3108599?pdf=render