Chemical ecology of pyrrolizidine alkaloids

Planta

Volumn 207, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 483-495

  Hartmann, Thomas ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemical ecology; Diversification (chemical); Insect defense (chemical); Plant defense (constitutive); Plant insect interactions; Pyrrolizidine alkaloid N oxides

Indexed keywords

PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOID;

EID: 0033059930     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004250050508     Document Type: Review

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