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Faith Belanger
Research in my lab is focused on the symbiotic association of Epichloë fungal endophytes with their grass hosts. Fungal endophyte infection is preferred for turfgrass cultivars due to the insect resistance conferred by the fungi. In red fescues, endophyte infection also confers some disease resistance, a feature not observed in other turfgrasses. The reason for the endophyte-mediated disease resistance is not known and that is the focus of our research.
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