Effect of the anther-smut fungus Microbotryum on the juvenile growth of its host Silene latifolia.
Janis AntonovicsJessica L AbbateEmily L BrunsPeter D FieldsNicole J ForresterKimberly J GilbertMichael E HoodTimothy ParkDouglas R TaylorPublished in: American journal of botany (2018)
These results show that pathogenic fungi can have endophyte-like effects even in the total absence of their typical and more charismatic symptoms, and conversely that the assessment of endophyte effects on the fitness of their hosts should include all stages of the host life cycle.