The underestimated role of roots in defense against leaf attackers

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 653-659

  Erb, Matthias ^a   Lenk, Claudia ^b   Degenhardt, Jörg ^b   Turlings, Ted C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INNATE IMMUNITY; INSECT; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; REVIEW;

ALKALOIDS; ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INSECTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 70549102348     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2009.08.006     Document Type: Review

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