Impact of endophyte inoculation on the morphological identity of cultivars of Lolium perenne (L) and Festuca arundinacea (Schreb.)

Autor: J. D. Patterson, S. Wöster, F. Lafaillette, T. J. Gilliland, N. Roulund, S. Charrier
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Scientific Reports, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2020)
Scientific Reports
Patterson, J D, Lafaillette, F, Wöster, S, Roulund, N, Charrier, S & Gilliland, T J 2020, ' Impact of endophyte inoculation on the morphological identity of cultivars of Lolium perenne (L) and Festuca arundinacea (Schreb.) ', Scientific Reports, vol. 10, 7729 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-64474-7
ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-64474-7
Popis: Grass endophytes have been shown to confer enhanced environmental resilience to symbiont cultivars with reports of modified growth. If inoculating with an endophyte (E+) made an accession morphologically distinct from its registered endophyte free (E−) accession, there could be protection and ownership issues for testing authorities and breeders. This study investigated if, in official Plant Breeders Rights (PBR) field trials, the morphological characteristics of E+and E− accessions of perennial ryegrass and tall fescue cultivars were sufficiently modified to designate them as mutually distinct and also distinct from their definitive accessions (Def), held by the testing authorities. Testing perennial ryegrass on 17 characters at 2 sites generated 48,960 observations and for tall fescue on 9 characters at 1 site, 12,960 observations (each for 3 accessions of 4 cultivars × 60 plants × 2 growing cycles). Distinctness required a p
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