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Significance of Endophyte Toxicosis and Current Practices in Dealing with the Problem in the United States

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Major breakthroughs in agricultural research occur relatively infrequently. Even when they do occur it can take many years for the new knowledge, which is often narrow in application and/or difficult to implement, to have much effect on farms. Discoveries which involve multiple disciplines and which rapidly and heavily impact on numerous areas of agricultural production are particularly rare.

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Ball, D.M. (1997). Significance of Endophyte Toxicosis and Current Practices in Dealing with the Problem in the United States. In: Bacon, C.W., Hill, N.S. (eds) Neotyphodium/Grass Interactions. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0271-9_62

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