Fungal endosymbionts affect aphid population size by reduction of adult life span and fecundity

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 244-252

  Meister, Barbara ^a   Krauss, Jochen ^a   Härri, Simone A ^a   Victoria Schneider, M ^a   Müller, Christine B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fungal endophyte; Grass aphids; Herbivory; Life history; Lolium perenne; Metopolophium dirhodum; Neotyphodium lolii; Plant cultivars; Rhopalosiphum padi

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; FUNGI; LOLIUM PERENNE; METOPOLOPHIUM DIRHODUM; NEOTYPHODIUM LOLII; POACEAE; RHOPALOSIPHUM PADI;

EID: 33645729665     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2005.06.002     Document Type: Article

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