The Endosymbiont Arsenophonus Is Widespread in Soybean Aphid, Aphis glycines, but Does Not Provide Protection from Parasitoids or a Fungal Pathogen

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Wulff, Jason A ^a   Buckman, Karrie A ^b,c   Wu, Kongming ^d   Heimpel, George E ^c   White, Jennifer A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN;

APHELINUS CERTUS; APHIDIUS COLEMANI; ARSENOPHONUS; ARTICLE; BINODOXYS COMMUNIS; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSYMBIONT; ENTOMOPHTHORALES; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; NONHUMAN; PANDORA NEOAPHIDIS; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PARASITOID; PARASITOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOYBEAN APHID; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYMBIONT; WASP;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; SYMBIOSIS;

APHELINIDAE; APHELINUS; APHIDIDAE; APHIDIUS COLEMANI; APHIS GLYCINES; ARSENOPHONUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BINODOXYS; BRACONIDAE; ENTOMOPHTHORACEAE; ENTOMOPHTHORALES; HEMIPTERA; PANDORA NEOAPHIDIS;

EID: 84876172630     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062145     Document Type: Article

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