Do Plant Phenolics Confer Resistance to Specialist and Generalist Insect Herbivores?

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 4500-4504

  Bi, J L ^a   Felton, G W ^a   Murphy, J B ^a   Howles, P A ^b   Dixon, R A ^b   Lamb, C J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

^c SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Heliothis virescens; Host plant resistance; Manduca sexta; Phenolics; Phenylalanine ammonia lyase

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000205165     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf970555m     Document Type: Article

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