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Effect of endophytic fungi from oak (Quercus robur L.) on mortality of leaf inhabiting gall insects
Author(s) -
Butin H.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
european journal of forest pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.535
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1439-0329
pISSN - 0300-1237
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0329.1992.tb00788.x
Subject(s) - gall , biology , quercus robur , plant use of endophytic fungi in defense , botany
Observations in the field suggest that certain species of endophytic fungi which occur, but are normally dormant, in the leaves of Quercus robur can be stimulated to pathogenic development by the feeding activity of certain gall insects. As a result of the death of leaf tissue the gall is also killed. This antagonistic relationship between endophytic fungi and gall insects is illustrated in the following three examples: Kabatiella apocrypta / Trioza remota, Gloeosporium quercinum / Neuroterus numismalis and Dichomera saubinetii / Polystepha panteli .