Cyanogenesis of wild lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus L.) is an efficient direct defence in nature

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Ballhorn, Daniel J ^a   Kautz, Stefanie ^a   Heil, Martin ^a,b   Hegeman, Adrian D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERÍA GENÉTICA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSIDE; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; CYANOGENIC GLYCOSIDES;

ARTICLE; BEAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOGENESIS; HERBIVORE; LEAF AREA; MEXICO; NATURAL POPULATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT INSECT INTERACTION; PLANT METABOLISM; WILD SPECIES; ANIMAL; BEETLE; DECISION MAKING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; LIGHT; METABOLISM; NATURAL SCIENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

CHRYSOMELIDAE; PHASEOLUS LUNATUS;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GLYCOSIDES; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; LIGHT; NATURE; PHASEOLUS; PLANT LEAVES;

EID: 65549102112     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005450     Document Type: Article

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