Ecology and Evolution of the Grass-Endophyte Symbiosis

This synthesis does an excellent job of both pulling together the work already done and highlighting the gaps, to facilitate a next generation of such studies. For readers with a particular interest in grass-endophyte symbioses, or for budding scientists considering delving into these systems, the book will serve as an indispensable resource. -- Evolution An excellent textbook on the ecology and evolution of the widespread symbiosis between leaf endophytes, vertically transmitted sexual fungi, and grasses. This book succeeds in showing that the symbioses between grasses and endophytes can play important, but often overlooked, roles in terrestrial ecosystems, and that future research - mainly with wild grasses naturally infected with fungal endophytes - is necessary. --Quarterly Review of Biology As two of the top researchers in the field, Cheplick and Faeth bring a wealth of personal experience and insight to their subject. The book simultaneously provides enlightened perspective and critical assessment for those of us already working in this field, and a brilliant introduction for those just entering. This book will be a 'must have' for ecologists and pastoral agricultural scientists, and will be extremely appealing to the broader community of researchers working on plant-microbe interactions. -- Jonathan Newman, Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental Biology, University of Guelph Although ecological, evolutionary, mycological, and agronomical studies involving fungal endophytes in grasses have proliferated within past decades, this field has lacked an authoritative and synthetic monograph. Ecology and Evolution of the Grass-Endophyte Symbiosis will fill the gap, standing alone as the source for anyone with a beginning interest, and as a standard reference for practitioners. -- Kari Saikkonen, Kevo Subarctic Research Institute, Turku University, Finland