Tribonema viride (Xanthophyta) on cultivated grassland during winter and spring

ABSTRACT: A yellow-green alga, Tribonema viride Pascher, has been detected on several grass fields in N-Iceland after the meltwater runoff. When the fields dry out, the filaments are left white and bleached, entangled with the grass leaves. Four species of saprophytic fungi are reported, isolated fr...

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Main Authors: Acta, Isl Bot
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1984
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1070.4033
http://utgafa.ni.is/Acta-Botanica-Islandica/Acta-Botanica-Islandica-7/Acta-Botanica-Islandica-7-3.pdf
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Summary:ABSTRACT: A yellow-green alga, Tribonema viride Pascher, has been detected on several grass fields in N-Iceland after the meltwater runoff. When the fields dry out, the filaments are left white and bleached, entangled with the grass leaves. Four species of saprophytic fungi are reported, isolated from the samples of the alga.