| Literature DB >> 17148304 |
Päivi T Lehtonen1, Marjo Helander, Shahid A Siddiqui, Kirsi Lehto, Kari Saikkonen.
Abstract
We studied the effects of fungal endophyte infection of meadow ryegrass (Lolium pratense=Festuca pratensis) on the frequency of the barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV). The virus is transferred by aphids, which may be deterred by endophyte-origin alkaloids within the plant. In our experiment, we released viruliferous aphid vectors on endophyte-infected and endophyte-free plants in a common garden. The number of aphids and the percentage of BYDV infections were lower in endophyte-infected plants compared to endophyte-free plants, indicating that endophyte infection may protect meadow ryegrass from BYDV infections.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 17148304 PMCID: PMC1834004 DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0499
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biol Lett ISSN: 1744-9561 Impact factor: 3.703