Pyrrolizidine alkaloid distribution in Senecio jacobaea rosettes minimises losses to generalist feeding

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 169-173

  De Boer, Nico J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Defence; Generalist herbivores; Mamestra brassicae; Pyrrolizidine alkaloids; Senecio jacobaea; Spodoptera exigua; Within plant distribution

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY;

ANIMALIA; ASTERACEAE; LEPIDOPTERA; MAMESTRA BRASSICAE; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; NOCTUIDAE; SENECIO; SENECIO JACOBAEA; SPODOPTERA EXIGUA;

EID: 0032884432     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1999.00480.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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