Fungal endophyte negative effects on herbivory are enhanced on intact plants and maintained in a subsequent generation

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-36

  Jaber, Lara R ^a   Vidal, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acremonium strictum; Experimental setting; Helicoverpa armigera; Host plant quality; Host endophyte interactions; Long term effects; Root endophytic fungi; Successive generations; Vicia faba

Indexed keywords

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; ANTIPARASITE DEFENSE; ENDOPHYTE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FITNESS; HOST PLANT; HOST QUALITY; LEGUME; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MOTH; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION;

ACREMONIUM (ASCOMYCOTA); ACREMONIUM STRICTUM; FUNGI; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; HEXAPODA; VICIA FABA;

EID: 74249086804     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2009.01152.x     Document Type: Article

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