Endophytic fungi of grasses protect other plants from aphid herbivory

Fungal Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 61-64

  Garcia Parisi P A ^a   Grimoldi, A A ^a   Omacini, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Associational protection; Defensive mutualism; Neotyphodium; Protecting symbiont; Symbiosis; Volatile emission

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899946806     PISSN: 17545048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2014.01.004     Document Type: Article

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