Colonization of onions by endophytic fungi and their impacts on the biology of Thrips tabaci.

Endophytic fungi, which live within host plant tissues without causing any visible symptom of infection, are important mutualists that mediate plant-herbivore interactions. Thrips tabaci (Lindeman) is one of the key pests of onion, Allium cepa L., an economically important agricultural crop cultivat...

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Main Authors: Alexander M Muvea, Rainer Meyhöfer, Sevgan Subramanian, Hans-Michael Poehling, Sunday Ekesi, Nguya K Maniania
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4177896?pdf=render