| change in abundance of three phytophagous mite species (acari: eriophyidae, tetranychidae) on quackgrass in the presence of choke disease. | phytophagous mites and endophytic fungi may interact when sharing a host plant, potentially influencing one another's growth or population dynamics; however, interactions between them are poorly known and remain largely unexplored. in this study, quantitative associations between three species of phytophagous mites and the endophytic fungus epichloë bromicola leuchtm. & schardl (clavicipitaceae, ascomycotina) on quackgrass, elymus repens (l.) gould are reported. the mites' abundance was assessed ... | 2016 | 27388448 |