| morphological and molecular differences in two strains of ustilago esculenta. | ustilago esculenta is a fungal endophyte of zizania latifolia that plays an important agricultural role in this vegetable crop. the purpose of this study was to characterize sporidial (t) and mycelial (m-t) strains of u. esculenta isolated from sporulating and non-sporulating galls on plants growing in zhejiang province, china. morphological comparisons of the t strain and m-t strain were made by optical and scanning electron microscope observation. genetic differences were examined by sequencin ... | 2011 | 20495805 |