Symbiont-conferred protection against Hymenopteran parasitoids in aphids: How general is it?

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 85-93

  Cayetano, Luis ^a,b   Vorburger, Christoph ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aphis fabae; Co evolution; Genotype by genotype interactions; Hamiltonella defensa; Host parasite interactions; Multispecies interactions; Protective symbionts

Indexed keywords

APHID; ENDOPARASITE; ENDOSYMBIONT; GENOTYPE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARTHENOGENESIS; PEST RESISTANCE; SYMBIONT; WASP;

APHELINUS; APHIDIDAE; APHIDIUS COLEMANI; APHIS FABAE; BINODOXYS ANGELICAE; CANDIDATUS HAMILTONELLA DEFENSA; LYSIPHLEBUS FABARUM; VESPOIDEA;

EID: 84920911275     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/een.12161     Document Type: Article

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