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Host Deception: Predaceous Fungus, Esteya vermicola, Entices Pine Wood Nematode by Mimicking the Scent of Pine Tree for Nutrient

BACKGROUND: A nematophagous fungus, Esteya vermicola, is recorded as the first endoparasitic fungus of pine wood nematode (PWN), Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, in last century. E. vermicola exhibited high infectivity toward PWN in the laboratory conditions and conidia spraying of this fungus on Japanes...

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Autores principales: Lin, Feng, Ye, Jianling, Wang, Huaguang, Zhang, Aijun, Zhao, Boguang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3747191/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23990972
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0071676