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The evolutionary origins of three new Neotyphodium endophyte species from grasses indigenous to the Southern Hemisphere1

Christina D. Moon Department of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40546-0091, USA
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Christopher O. Miles AgResearch, Ruakura Research Centre, Private Bag 3123, Hamilton, New Zealand
,
Ulla Järlfors
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Christopher L. Schardl Department of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40546-0091, USA
Pages 694-711 | Accepted 01 Feb 2002, Published online: 31 Jan 2017

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