Chapter 31, Problem 5TYU

Summary Introduction

To review: Interpretation of data regarding the “impact of Curvularia on the heat tolerance of the grass Dichanthelium lanuginosum”.

Introduction:

Dichanthelium lanuginosum is a grass, which “lives in hot soils and houses fungi of the genus Curvularia as endophytes”. Tests have been performed to check the “impact of Curvularia on the heat tolerance of this grass”. Plants were grown with and without Curvularia endophytes at various temperatures and accordingly, the plant mass and production of new shoots in the plants are measured.