Asymptomatic pathogen infection alters interactions at higher trophic levels
Plants and insects have intimate and complex relationships. However, other species, such as plant pathogens, may change the way plants and their herbivores interact. Plant diseases can change the host plant quality, alter physical and physiological traits and defensive capability. These changes can...
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Symptomless host plan infection by the fungal pathogen Botrytis cinerea alters host plan, aphid and parasitoid traits
- 3. Symptomless host plan infection by the pathogen Botrytis cinerea alters the behaviuor of aphids and their natural enemies
- 4. Does asymptomatic infection by the plant pathogen Botrytis cinerea affect the structure of naturally formed insect assemblages?
- 5. Asymptomatic infection by the fungal plant pathogen Botrytis cinerea alters interactions between insect herbivores and their natural enemies in the field
- 6. Both symptomatic and asymptomatic pathogen infection can cause herbivore-mediated indirect interactions between neighbouring plants
- 7. General discussion