Author | Garcia Parisi, P.A., Grimoldi, A.A. & Omacini, M. |
Year | 2014 |
Title | Endophytic fungi of grasses protect other plants from aphid herbivory |
Type | Paper |
Source | FungEcol Vol 09: 61-64. |
Review (by Malcolm Storey) | Neotyphodium fungal endophytes produce toxic alkaloids which protect their host grasses from herbivory. The present study showed the increased aphid abundance on non-host Trifolium repens, when adjacent to non-infected compared to adjacent to infected Lolium multiflorum. Endophytes also modified the volatiles of the Lolium, as detected by an electronic nose. |
Notes & Purpose | Status | Taxon | English | Classification |
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Current | Neotyphodium | an anamorphic choke fungus | Fungi: Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae |
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