The whitefly-associated facultative symbiont Hamiltonella defensa suppresses induced plant defences in tomato

Functional Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1007-1018

  Su, Qi ^a,b   Oliver, Kerry M ^c   Xie, Wen ^a   Wu, Qingjun ^a   Wang, Shaoli ^a   Zhang, Youjun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b HUNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Endosymbiont; Herbivory; Host microbe; Jasmonic acid; Plant defence; Plant insect interaction; Salicylic acid

Indexed keywords

CROP PEST; CROP PLANT; ENDOSYMBIONT; HERITABILITY; PEST DAMAGE; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SIGNALING; SYMBIOSIS; WHITEFLY;

ALEYRODIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BEMISIA TABACI; CANDIDATUS HAMILTONELLA DEFENSA; HEXAPODA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 84938321910     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12405     Document Type: Article

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