Botanophila-epichloë interaction in a wild grass, puccinellia distans, lacks dependence on the fly vector

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 841-846

  Górzyńska, Karolina ^a   Lembicz, Marlena ^a   Olszanowski, Ziemowit ^a   Leuchtmann, Adrian ^b  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b Plant Ecological Genetics   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anthomyiidae; Botanophila sp.; Epichlo sp.; fly fungus interaction; Puccinellia distans

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISEASE VECTOR; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); FLY; FUNGAL DISEASE; GRASS; INFECTIVITY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MUTUALISM; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SURVEY; TAXONOMY;

ANTHOMYIIDAE; ASCOMYCOTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOTANOPHILA; CLAVICIPITACEAE; DIPTERA; EPICHLOE; EPICHLOE TYPHINA; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; PUCCINELLIA DISTANS;

EID: 79960519534     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/AN11009     Document Type: Article

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