Effects of foliar endophytic fungi on the preference and performance of the leaf beetle Chelymorpha alternans in Panama

Biotropica

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 221-225

  Van Bael, Sunshine A ^a   Valencia, Mariana C ^a   Rojas, Enith I ^a   Gómez, Nélida ^a   Windsor, Donald M ^a   Herre, Edward A ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Colletotrichum gloeosporoides; Endophyte; Fecundity; Glomerella cingulata; Herbivory; Horizontal transmission; Merremia umbellata; Mutualism

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEETLE; ENDOPHYTE; FECUNDITY; FEEDING; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOOD QUALITY; FUNGUS; HERBIVORY; MUTUALISM; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REPRODUCTION;

CHELYMORPHA ALTERNANS; COLEOPTERA; COLLETOTRICHUM; FUNGI; GLOMERELLA CINGULATA; MERREMIA UMBELLATA;

EID: 61549136623     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2008.00476.x     Document Type: Article

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