Grass and method of introducing endophytic fungi into a grass

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1996-06-11

1999-03-09

Robinson, Douglas W.

Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and

Plant, seedling, plant seed, or plant part, per se

Higher plant, seedling, plant seed, or plant part

800298, 800295, 800302, 47 581, A01H 1706, A01H 500, A01H 100

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ABSTRACT:
To provide a grass having improved characteristics, an endophyte having endophytic fungi which produce an insect-resistant alkaloid is artificially introduced into a grass by inoculation so that the endophyte lives in and infects the grass.

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