Epichloë grass endophytes increase herbivore resistance in the woodland grass Brachypodium sylvaticum

Oecologia

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 522-530

  Brem, D ^a   Leuchtmann, A ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anti herbivore hypothesis; Clavicipitaceous fungi; Plant insect interaction; Spodoptera frugiperda; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS; GRASS; HERBIVORY; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; MUTUALISM; PLANT DEFENSE;

ANIMALIA; BRACHYPODIUM SYLVATICUM; EPICHLOE; EPICHLOE SYLVATICA; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; NEOTYPHODIUM; NOCTUIDAE; POACEAE; SCHEDONORUS ARUNDINACEUS; SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA;

EID: 0035026672     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420000551     Document Type: Article

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