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Resumen

  • Recent studies have been published about the ability of some fungal endophytes to protect crop plants against insect herbivory and plant pathogens. Nevertheless, the potential of fungal endophyte to modify plant parameters involved in the plant – insect interaction remains poorly understood. Our aim was to evaluate the potential of three different species of fungal endophytes Beauveria bassiana, Trichoderma koningiopsis and Metarhizium bruneum to a) colonize endophytically tomato plant tissues, b) affect plant parameters such as temperature, chlorophyll content and volatile organic compounds profile and c) modulate the herbivores plant selection preference. We hypothesized that endophytically colonized plants should be more attractive for herbivores, mediated by the VOC profiles, but should not exhibit differences when colonized by a plant pathogen antagonist.

Fecha de publicación

  • 2015