Fungal diversity and plant disease in mangrove forests: Salt excretion as a possible defense mechanism

Oecologia

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 278-285

  Gilbert, Gregory S ^a,b   Mejía Chang, Mónica ^b,c   Rojas, Enith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Avicennia germinans; Laguncularia racemosa; Panama; Plant disease resistance; Rhizophora mangle

Indexed keywords

DEFENSE MECHANISM; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FUNGUS; MANGROVE; SALT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

PANAMA;

AVICENNIA; AVICENNIA GERMINANS; FUNGI; LAGUNCULARIA; LAGUNCULARIA RACEMOSA; RHIZOPHORA; RHIZOPHORA MANGLE; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 0036937332     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-0966-9     Document Type: Article

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