Constitutive emission of the aphid alarm pheromone, (E)-β-farnesene, from plants does not serve as a direct defense against aphids

BMC Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Kunert, Grit ^a   Reinhold, Carolina ^a   Gershenzon, Jonathan ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; MYZUS PERSICAE; PRUNUS PERSICA;

BETA FARNESENE; BETA-FARNESENE; PHEROMONE; SESQUITERPENE;

ANIMAL; APHID; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FOOD CHAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; ARABIDOPSIS; FOOD CHAIN; PHEROMONES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SESQUITERPENES;

EID: 78549287183     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6785-10-23     Document Type: Article

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