Leaf surface traits: Overlooked determinants of birch resistance to herbivores and foliar micro-fungi?

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 191-197

  Valkama, Elena ^a   Koricheva, Julia ^a   Salminen, Juha Pekka ^a   Helander, Marjo ^a   Saloniemi, Irma ^a   Saikkonen, Kari ^b   Pihlaja, Kalevi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b PLANT PRODUCTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Birch rust; Endophytic fungi; Epirrita autumnata; Flavonoid aglycones; Glandular trichomes

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FUNGI; GENES;

BIRCH RESISTANCE; HERBIVORES; MICRO-FUNGI; TRICHOMES;

FORESTRY;

BETULA; DENSITY; FUNGI; GENES; LEAVES;

BETULA PENDULA; BETULA PUBESCENS; EPIRRITA AUTUMNATA; FUNGI; FUSICLADIUM; LEPIDOPTERA; MELAMPSORIDIUM BETULINUM; MELANCONIUM; PENDULA;

EID: 14644429099     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-004-0380-5     Document Type: Article

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