Influence of genetic variation in the fungal endophyte of a grass on an herbivore and its parasitoid

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 173-180

  Bultman, Thomas L ^a   Rodstrom, John L ^a   Radabaugh, Kara R ^a   VanDop, Joshua D ^a   Librizzi, James M ^a   Longwell, Leanna L ^a,b   Pulas, Christina ^a,c   Grant, Lashawn ^a,d   Sullivan, Terrence J ^a  

^a HOPE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CENTRAL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroecosystem; Euplectrus comstockii; Fall armyworm; Lepidoptera; Lolium arundinaceum; Multitrophic interactions; Neotyphodium coenophialum; Noctuidae; Novel endophytes; Spodoptera frugiperda; Tall fescue; Trophic cascades

Indexed keywords

ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS; GENETIC VARIATION; GRASS; HERBIVORE; PARASITOID; SYMBIOSIS;

ASCOMYCOTA; CLAVICIPITACEAE; EULOPHIDAE; EUPLECTRUS COMSTOCKII; FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; LOLIUM; NEOTYPHODIUM COENOPHIALUM; NOCTUIDAE; POACEAE; SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA;

EID: 58149357229     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2008.00802.x     Document Type: Article

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