Symbiotic fungi alter plant chemistry that discourages leaf-cutting ants

New Phytologist

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 241-251

  Estrada, Catalina ^a   Wcislo, William T ^a   Van Bael, Sunshine A ^a,b  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

Atta colombica; Colletotrichum tropicale; Cucumis sativus; Endophytic fungi; Leaf cutting ants; Plant defenses; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

SOLVENT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WAX;

ANT; BIOASSAY; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DEFOLIATION; ENDOPHYTE; FOOD SELECTION; FUNGUS; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PHENOTYPE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; SEEDLING; SYMBIONT; SYMBIOSIS; VEGETABLE;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIOASSAY; CHEMISTRY; COLLETOTRICHUM; CUCUMBER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HERBIVORY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT LEAF; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; COLLETOTRICHUM; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; HERBIVORY; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT LEAVES; SOLVENTS; SYMBIOSIS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WAXES;

ATTA; ATTA COLUMBICA; COLLETOTRICHUM; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84874200765     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12140     Document Type: Article

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