Crowded locusts produce hatchlings vulnerable to fungal attack

Biology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 845-848

  Miller, Gabriel A ^a,b   Pell, Judith K ^c   Simpson, Stephen J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fungal pathogens; Insect immunity; Maternal effects

Indexed keywords

DISEASE RESISTANCE; FUNGUS; HERITABILITY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LOCUST; MATERNAL EFFECT; MORTALITY; PARENTAL CARE;

HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE VAR. ACRIDUM; ORTHOPTERA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 74549222269     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0495     Document Type: Article

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