Indirect effect of a transgenic wheat on aphids through enhanced powdery mildew resistance.

In agricultural ecosystems, arthropod herbivores and fungal pathogens are likely to colonise the same plant and may therefore affect each other directly or indirectly. The fungus that causes powdery mildew (Blumeria graminis tritici) and cereal aphids are important pests of wheat but interactions be...

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Main Authors: Simone von Burg, Fernando Álvarez-Alfageme, Jörg Romeis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23056284/pdf/?tool=EBI