Emission of volatile organic compounds after herbivory from Trifolium pratense (L.) under laboratory and field conditions

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1335-1348

  Kigathi, Rose N ^a,b   Unsicker, Sybille B ^b   Reichelt, Michael ^b   Kesselmeier, Jürgen ^c   Gershenzon, Jonathan ^b   Weisser, Wolfgang W ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Field study; Herbivore induced plant volatiles (HIPV); Plant defense; Red clover; Volatile organic compounds (VOC)

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; CATERPILLAR; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; DICOTYLEDON; GRASSLAND; LIGHT EFFECT; NATURAL ENEMY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANIMAL; ARMYWORM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLOVER; LABORATORY; MECHANICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TEMPERATURE; TIME; VOLATILIZATION;

ANIMALS; LABORATORIES; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SPODOPTERA; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TRIFOLIUM; VOLATILIZATION;

HEXAPODA; SPODOPTERA LITTORALIS; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE;

EID: 73249122064     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-009-9716-3     Document Type: Article

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