Download or read book Ecology and Evolution of the Grass-Endophyte Symbiosis written by Gregory P. Cheplick and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2009-02-19 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Endophytic fungi are common and diverse in plants, yet the nature of their interactions with host plants, and how these interactions cascade upward to communities and ecosystems are largely unknown. This book synthesizes existing studies of endophyte-grass symbioses within the context of modern ecological and evolutionary concepts.