ITALIAN RYEGRASS INFECTED WITH MYCORRHIZAL FUNGUS AND INTRODUCING METHOD OF THE MYCORRHIZAL FUNGUS INTO THE ITALIAN RYEGRASS

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an Italian ryegrass having an excellent trait, particularly excellent resistance to insect pests and to plant diseases. SOLUTION: The endophyte of a mycorrhizal fungus comprising Neotyphodium or Gliocladium (filamentous fungus) that is symbiotic in a wild plant in nature is isolated and artificially proliferated and Italian ryegrass is infected with the proliferated endophyte as a mycorrhizal fungus.