Seed parasitism redirects ovule development in Douglas fir

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 272, Issue 1571, 2005, Pages 1491-1496

  Von Aderkas, Patrick ^a   Rouault, Gaëlle ^b   Wagner, Rebecca ^a   Rohr, René ^c   Roques, Alain ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b Inst Natl de la Rech Agronom   (France)

^c University of Lyon   (France)

Author keywords

Megastigmus; Pseudotsuga; Seed development; Seed parasite

Indexed keywords

OVIPOSITION; PARASITISM; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; SEED;

ARTICLE; DOUGLAS FIR; EGG LAYING; FERTILIZATION; GAMETOGENESIS; HYMENOPTERA; MEGASTIGMUS MENZIESII; NONHUMAN; OVULE; PARASITISM; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEED DEVELOPMENT; ANIMAL; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FRANCE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS; WASP;

CHALCIDIDAE; CONIFEROPHYTA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; MEGASTIGMUS; MEGASTIGMUS SPERMOTROPHUS; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; TORYMIDAE;

ANIMALS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; OVIPOSITION; PSEUDOTSUGA; SEEDS; SYMBIOSIS; WASPS;

EID: 25444516586     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3061     Document Type: Article

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