Role of odour compounds in the attraction of gamete vectors in endophytic Epichloë fungi

New Phytologist

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 401-411

  Steinebrunner, Fabrizio ^a   Twele, Robert ^b   Francke, Wittko ^b   Leuchtmann, Adrian ^a   Schiestl, Florian P ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Endophyte; Gamete vector; Gas chromatography with electroantennographic detection (GC EAD); Mass spectrometry; Odour; Pollination; Scent

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; ENDOPHYTE; FLY; FUNGUS; GAMETE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENERALIST; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ODOR; POLLINATION; SIGNALING; SPECIALIZATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLY; GERM CELL; MICROBIOLOGY; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; ASCOMYCOTA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DIPTERA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GERM CELLS; ODORS; POACEAE; REPRODUCTION;

ASCOMYCOTA; BOTANOPHILA; EPICHLOE; FUNGI;

EID: 41149128734     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02347.x     Document Type: Article

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