Mechanisms of Host-Parasite Specificity in Plant Disease
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Host specificity of parasite manipulation
Recently we presented how Camponotus ants in Thailand infected with the fungus Ophiocordyceps unilateralis are behaviorally manipulated into dying where the conditions are optimal for fungal development. Death incurred in a very narrow zone of space and here we compare this highly specific manipulation with a related system in Brazil. We show that the behavioral manipulation is less fine-tuned ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Japanese Journal of Phytopathology
سال: 1977
ISSN: 1882-0484,0031-9473
DOI: 10.3186/jjphytopath.43.243