Defense chemistry of cyanogenic Eucalyptus cladocalyx seedlings is affected by water supply

Tree Physiology

Volumn 22, Issue 13, 2002, Pages 939-945

  Gleadow, Roslyn M ^a   Woodrow, Ian E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Cyanide; Cyanogenesis; Eucalypt; Herbivore defense; Phenolics; Tannins; Water stress

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; PLANT DEFENSE; WATER STRESS;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS CLADOCALYX;

EID: 0036746986     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/22.13.939     Document Type: Article

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