Sequestration of phorbolesters by the aposematically coloured bug Pachycoris klugii (Heteroptera: Scutelleridae) feeding on Jatropha curcas (Euphorbiaceae)

Chemoecology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 179-184

  Wink, M ^a   Grimm, C ^b   Koschmieder, C ^a   Sporer, F ^a   Bergeot, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Proyecto Biomasa   (Nicaragua)

Author keywords

Aposematic colouring; Jatropha curcas; Pachycoris klugii; Phorbol esters; PKC activation; Scutelleridae; Sequestration

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001333279     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00001820     Document Type: Article

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