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Tall Fescues Need Endophyte Fungus, But Not Toxins That Poison Beef Herds
January 17, 2017
COLUMBIA, Mo., Jan. 17 -- The University of Missouri College of Food & Natural Resources issued the following news release:

The strongest cool-season grass pastures come from varieties of tall fescue infected with a fungus. This infection can be good-or bad.

It took decades to discover those internal fungi are not created equal. Fungus that grows between cell walls in tall-fescue plants are difficult to see even with high-power microscopes.

Plant . . .

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