Flower vs. leaf feeding by Pieris brassicae: Glucosinolate-rich flower tissues are preferred and sustain higher growth rate

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1831-1844

  Smallegange, R C ^a   Van Loon, J J A ^a   Blatt, S E ^a,c   Harvey, J A ^b   Agerbirk, N ^d   Dicke, M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Brassica nigra; Herbivory; Isothiocyanates; Lepidoptera; Myrosinase; Nutrition; Pieridae

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSINOLATE;

BUTTERFLY; CATERPILLAR; FLOWER; GENOTYPE; GROWTH RATE; HERB; HERBIVORY; LEAF; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; SECONDARY METABOLITE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRASSICA; BUTTERFLY; CHEMISTRY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOWER; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; TIME;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BUTTERFLIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOWERS; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSINOLATES; LARVA; MUSTARD PLANT; PLANT LEAVES; TIME FACTORS;

BRASSICA; BRASSICA NIGRA; BRASSICACEAE; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PAPILIONOIDEA; PIERIDAE; PIERIS (BUTTERFLY); PIERIS BRASSICAE; PIERIS RAPAE;

EID: 35348841561     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-007-9350-x     Document Type: Article

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