A strain of the bacterial symbiont Regiella insecticola protects aphids against parasitoids

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 109-111

  Vorburger, Christoph ^a   Gehrer, Lukas ^a   Rodriguez, Paula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aphis fabae; Endosymbiont; Myzus persicae; Parasitoid; Regiella insecticola; Resistance

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; APHID; CLONE; ENDOSYMBIONT; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; NATURAL ENEMY; PARASITOID; RESISTANCE MANAGEMENT; WASP;

AUSTRALIA;

APHIDIDAE; APHIDIUS COLEMANI; APHIS FABAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS HAMILTONELLA DEFENSA; CANDIDATUS REGIELLA INSECTICOLA; CANDIDATUS SERRATIA SYMBIOTICA; MYZUS PERSICAE; PRUNUS PERSICA; SERRATIA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; VESPOIDEA;

EID: 77449157133     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0642     Document Type: Article

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