Plant enemy-derived elicitors increase the foliar tannin concentration of Onobrychis viciifolia without a trade-off to growth

Annals of Botany

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 979-987

  Haring D A ^a,b   Huber, M J ^b   Suter, D ^a   Edwards, P J ^b   Luscher A ^a  

^a AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chitin; Condensed tannin; elf18; Elicitor; flg22; Growth defence trade off; Onobrychis viciifolia; Pen; Plant herbivore interaction; Plant pathogen interaction; Spodoptera littoralis; Volicitin

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PROANTHOCYANIDIN;

CHITIN; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DICOTYLEDON; NUTRIENT; PATHOGEN; PEST CONTROL; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; TANNIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LEGUME; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATES; FABACEAE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT LEAVES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; PROANTHOCYANIDINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; HEXAPODA; ONOBRYCHIS VICIIFOLIA; SPODOPTERA LITTORALIS;

EID: 56449110071     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcn189     Document Type: Article

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