Open AccessEndophytic fungi as indirect defense mechanisms in grasses - mycotoxins enhance the UV-visibility of herbivore urine in the eyes of predators
Author(s) -
Seppo Saari,
Otso Huitu,
Marjo Helander,
Päivi Lehtonen,
Kari Saikkonen
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
grassland research and practice series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2463-4751
pISSN - 0110-8581
DOI - 10.33584/rps.13.2006.3154
Subject(s) - palatability , herbivore , mycotoxin , predation , biology , resistance (ecology) , endophyte , plant use of endophytic fungi in defense , host (biology) , grazing , visibility , botany , ecology , food science , geography , meteorology
Endophytes are known to increase the resistance of their host plant to voles directly through reduced palatability