Poplar defense against insect herbivores

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1111-1126

  Philippe, Ryan N ^a,b   Bohlmann, Jörg ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aspen and cottonwood; Chemical ecology; Forest health genomics; Plant insect interactions; Plantation forestry; Tree biotechnology

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; GENES; PRODUCTIVITY;

CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; FOREST HEALTH GENOMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANISMS; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTIONS; PLANTATION FORESTRY; TREE BIOLOGY; TREE BIOTECHNOLOGY;

FORESTRY;

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; DECIDUOUS TREE; DICOTYLEDON; FOREST HEALTH; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; PLANTATION FORESTRY;

ANGIOSPERMS; FORESTRY; POPULUS;

HEXAPODA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; POPULUS; POPULUS TRICHOCARPA;

EID: 39649124255     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B07-109     Document Type: Review

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