Evidence of indirect symbiont conferred protection against the predatory lady beetle Harmonia axyridis in the pea aphid

Defensive symbionts can provide significant fitness advantages to their hosts. Facultative symbionts can protect several species of aphid from fungal pathogens, heat shock, and parasitism by parasitoid wasps. ...

Source: BMC Ecology - July 11, 2017 Category: Biology Authors: Jennifer L. Kovacs, Candice Wolf, Den é Voisin and Seth Wolf Source Type: research