Anatomy, ultrastructure and chemical composition of food bodies of Hovenia dulcis (Rhamnaceae)

Annals of Botany

Volumn 101, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1341-1348

  Buono, Rafael Andrade ^a   De Oliveira, Alaíde Braga ^a   Paiva, Elder Antonio Sousa ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ant plant interactions; Cell ultrastructure; Food body; Hovenia dulcis; Lipid; Myrmecophily; Rhamnaceae

Indexed keywords

CARBON; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANATOMY; ANGIOSPERM; ANT; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CYTOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; MICROSCOPY; MYRMECOPHILY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HISTOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; RHAMNACEAE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANTS; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RHAMNACEAE;

FORMICIDAE; HOVENIA DULCIS; RHAMNACEAE;

EID: 44649191719     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcn052     Document Type: Article

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