Trichome-derived O-acyl sugars are a first meal for caterpillars that tags them for predation

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 7855-7859

  Weinhold, Alexander ^a   Baldwin, Ian Thomas ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dangerous body odors; Indirect defenses

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATERPILLAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; MANDUCA SEXTA; NICOTIANA ATTENUATA; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICHOME;

ANIMALS; ANTS; CARBOHYDRATES; DIET; HEMIPTERA; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA; ODORS; PLANT LEAVES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPODOPTERA; TOBACCO;

GEOCORIS; MANDUCA SEXTA; NICOTIANA ATTENUATA; POGONOMYRMEX RUGOSUS;

EID: 79956346754     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1101306108     Document Type: Article

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