Mite-mediated hyperphoretic dispersal of Ophiostoma spp. From the infructescences of South African Protea spp.

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 143-152

  Roets, F ^a,b   Crous, P W ^c   Wingfield, M J ^b   Dreyer, L L ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fungal transmission; Ophiostomatoid fungi; Phoresy; Tarsonemus; Vector

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; COLONIZATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; DISPERSAL; FLOWER; FLOWERING; FUNGUS; HOST PLANT; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MITE; PATHOGEN; PHORESY; TIMBER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; FLOWER; MICROBIOLOGY; MITE; OPHIOSTOMA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; POPULATION MIGRATION; PROTEACEAE; SEASON; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BEETLES; FLOWERS; MITES; OPHIOSTOMA; PLANT DISEASES; PROTEACEAE; SEASONS; SYMBIOSIS;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; FUNGI; GONDWANAMYCES; HEXAPODA; OPHIOSTOMA; OPHIOSTOMA SPLENDENS; PROCTOLAELAPS; PROTEA; TARSONEMUS; TRICHOUROPODA;

EID: 61849157258     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/022.038.0118     Document Type: Article

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