As soft as silk: structural and chemical traits can help with the identification of Niphidium crassifolium (Polypodiaceae) gall inducers

Abstract Ferns have been poorly reported as hosts of gall inducers, and their multitrophic interactions and relationships are practically unknown to science. We focused on Niphidium crassifolium (Polypodiaceae) that hosts globoid leaf galls. The galls on N. crassifolium have only reported for the So...

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Main Authors: Gracielle Pereira Pimenta Bragança, Elaine Cotrim Costa, Ígor Abba Arriola, David Sanín, Rosy Mary dos Santos Isaias
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro 2023-12-01
Series:Rodriguésia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2175-78602023000101714&tlng=en