Making sense of nectar scents: The effects of nectar secondary metabolites on floral visitors of Nicotiana attenuata

Plant Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 840-854

  Kessler, Danny ^a   Baldwin, Ian T ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Nectar constituents; Nicotine; Pollinators; Putrescine N methyl transferase; Secondary compounds; VOCs

Indexed keywords

NECTAR CONSTITUENTS; POLLINATORS; PUTRESCINE N-METHYL TRANSFERASE; SECONDARY COMPOUNDS;

BIODIVERSITY; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

METHYLTRANSFERASE; NICOTINE; PUTRESCINE N METHYLTRANSFERASE; PUTRESCINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIRD; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWER; METABOLISM; MOTH; ODOR; TASTE; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWERS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOTHS; NICOTINE; ODORS; TASTE; TOBACCO; UTAH;

FLOWERS; METABOLISM; NICOTINE; PLANTS; POLLINATION;

ARCHILOCHUS ALEXANDRI; FORMICIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; NICOTIANA ATTENUATA; SELASPHORUS RUFUS; SOLENOPSIS XYLONI; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 33847167409     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2006.02995.x     Document Type: Article

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