Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi alter above- and below-ground chemical defense expression differentially among Asclepias species

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 4, Issue SEP, 2013, Pages

  Vannette, Rachel L ^a,b   Hunter, Mark D ^b   Rasmann, Sergio ^c,d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Above below ground interactions; Growth defense tradeoff; Mycorrhizal fungi; Phylogenetic signal; Plant defense; Plant herbivore interactions; Root defense

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900842839     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00361     Document Type: Article

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