Host fidelity of the pollinator guilds of Silene dioica and Silene latifolia: Possible consequences for sympatric host race differentiation of a vectored plant disease

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 168, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 421-434

  Van Putten, Wilhelmus F ^a   Elzinga, Jelmer A ^b   Biere, Arjen ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Disease vector; Fungal pathogen; Host race; Insect pollinator; Sympatry

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; FLOWERING; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGUS; GUILD; HOST SPECIFICITY; POLLINATOR; SYMPATRY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; HEXAPODA; MICROBOTRYUM VIOLACEUM; SILENE; SILENE DIOICA; SILENE LATIFOLIA;

EID: 34247598733     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/511050     Document Type: Article

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