Underground signals carried through common mycelial networks warn neighbouring plants of aphid attack

Ecology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 835-843

  Babikova, Zdenka ^a,b,c   Gilbert, Lucy ^b   Bruce, Toby J A ^c   Birkett, Michael ^c   Caulfield, John C ^c   Woodcock, Christine ^c   Pickett, John A ^c   Johnson, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Broad bean (Vicia faba); Common mycelial networks; Induced defence; Multitrophic interactions; Parasitoid wasp (Aphidius ervi); Pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum); Plant volatiles; Plant to plant communication

Indexed keywords

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; APHIDIDAE; APHIDIUS ERVI; ARBUSCULAR; EMBRYOPHYTA; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; VICIA FABA;

EID: 84931748943     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12115     Document Type: Article

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