Ceroplastes albolineatus, the first scale insect shown to sequester pyrrolizidine alkaloids from its host-plant Pittocaulon praecox

Chemoecology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 109-115

  Loaiza, Juan Camilo Marín ^a   Céspedes, Carlos L ^a,b   Beuerle, Till ^c   Theuring, Claudine ^c   Hartmann, Thomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL BÍO BÍO   (Chile)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asteraceae; Ceroplastes albolineatus; Chemical defense; Homoptera (Coccidae); Phloem feeder; Pittocaulon praecox; Pyrrolizidine alkaloid; Sequestration

Indexed keywords

ASTERACEAE; CEROPLASTES; COCCIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; PITTOCAULON; PITTOCAULON PRAECOX; SENECIO;

EID: 34249020218     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00049-007-0368-x     Document Type: Article

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