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Infection by the fungal endophytes often confers biotic and abiotic stress tolerance to their hosts. Endophyte-mediated disease resistance is well-established in the fine fescue grass <jats:italic>Festuca rubra<\/jats:italic> subsp. <jats:italic>rubra<\/jats:italic> (strong creeping red fescue) infected with <jats:italic>E<\/jats:italic>. <jats:italic>festucae<\/jats:italic>. Resistance to fungal pathogens is not an established effect of endophyte infection of other grass species, and may therefore be unique to the fine fescues. The underlying mechanism of the disease resistance is unknown. <jats:italic>E<\/jats:italic>. <jats:italic>festucae<\/jats:italic> produces a secreted antifungal protein that is highly expressed in the infected plant tissues and may therefore be involved in the disease resistance. Most <jats:italic>Epichlo\u00eb<\/jats:italic> spp. do not have a gene for a similar antifungal protein. Here we report the characterization of the <jats:italic>E<\/jats:italic>. <jats:italic>festucae<\/jats:italic> antifungal protein, designated <jats:italic>Efe<\/jats:italic>-AfpA. 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