Record ID No. |
1137 |
Author(s) |
Popay,A.J., Jensen,J.G , 2005 |
Affiliation |
AgResearch, Ruakura Research Centre, Private Bag 3123, Hamilton, New Zealand. |
Title |
Soil biota associated with endophyte-infected tall fescue in the field |
Source. Vol.(no):Page |
New-Zealand-Plant-Protection,-Volume-58,-2005-Proceedings-of-a-conference,-Wellington,-New-Zealand,-9-11-August-2005. 117-121p. |
Categories |
Mycorrhiza General |
Subjects |
Biological Interaction |
Sub-subjects |
Insects |
Host |
Festuca arundinacea, Costelytra zealandica |
Organism |
Collembola, mites, Lumbricina |
Country |
New Zealand, Australia |
Abstracts |
Invertebrates present in soil samples taken from plots of tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea) infected with two non-toxic strains of Neotyphodium endophyte (AR501 and AR542) at Aorangi near Palmerston North and one strain (AR501) at Lincoln in Canterbury, together with endophyte-free controls at both sites, were determined in autumn 2002. Roots taken from these samples were stained and checked for the presence of arbuscular mycorrhiza. At Lincoln, numbers of root aphid (Aploneura lentisci) associated with plants infected with AR501 were significantly less than those on endophyte-free plants, while grass grub numbers (Costelytra zealandica) did not differ between treatments. Beneficial invertebrates, Collembola, mites and earthworms, were not affected by endophyte at either site and neither was colonisation of roots by mycorrhiza. |