Two-way plant-mediated interactions between root-associated microbes and insects: From ecology to mechanisms

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 4, Issue OCT, 2013, Pages

  Pangesti, Nurmi ^a   Pineda, Ana ^a   Pieterse, Corné M J ^b   Dicke, Marcel ^a   Loon, Joop J A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Induced systemic resistance; Insect herbivores; Mycorrhizae; Parasitoids; Phytohormones; Plant growth promotion; Rhizobacteria; Rhizobia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901052901     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00414     Document Type: Review

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