Barley under pressure: combined effects of colonisation by the entomopathogenic fungus Akanthomyces muscarius and the bird cherry oat aphid Rhopalosiphum padi
Entomopathogenic fungi are increasingly considered for use as biological control agents. However, their effects in tripartite systems involving plants, herbivorous insects, and endophytic fungi remain context dependent and poorly understood. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that inoculation of barley with the en...