Fungal garden making inside bamboos by a non-social fungus-growing beetle.

In fungus-growing mutualism, it is indispensable for host animals to establish gardens of the symbiotic fungus as rapidly as possible. How to establish fungal gardens has been well-documented in social fungus-farming insects, whereas poorly documented in non-social fungus-farming insects. Here we re...

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Main Authors: Wataru Toki, Yukiko Takahashi, Katsumi Togashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3818229?pdf=render