Mycangial fungus benefits the development of a leaf-rolling weevil, Euops chinesis

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 867-873

  Li, Xiaoqiong ^a,b   Guo, Wenfeng ^c   Ding, Jianqing ^a  

^a Wuhan Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c NATIONAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FOR NON FOOD BIOREFINERY   (China)

Author keywords

Cellulose; Fallopia japonica; Lignin; Mycangial fungi; Penicillium herquei; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; FUNGAL DNA; LIGNIN;

BEETLE; CELLULOSE; FUNGUS; HERB; INOCULATION; LIGNIN; OVIPOSITION; PATHOGEN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; SURVIVAL; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PENICILLIUM; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; POLYGONUM CUSPIDATUM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SURVIVAL; SYMBIOSIS; WEEVIL;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELLULOSE; DNA, FUNGAL; FEMALE; LIGNIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PENICILLIUM; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; POLYGONUM CUSPIDATUM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SYMBIOSIS; WEEVILS;

FUNGI; HEXAPODA; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM HERQUEI; POLYGONACEAE; POLYGONUM CUSPIDATUM; RHIZOPUS;

EID: 84861221223     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2012.03.011     Document Type: Article

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