The Influence of Seed Harvesting Ants in Annual Ryegrass Pastures and Their Possible Effects on the Epidemiology of Ryegrass Toxicity
In the disease known as annual ryegrass toxicity, galls induced by a nematode, Anguina agrostis, replace seeds in ryegrass (Lolium rigidum) plants. Often these galls are colonised by a bacterium, Corynebacterium rathayi, which makes them toxic and frequently fatal to grazing animals. The ecology of...
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1982
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4854 |