The monoterpene limonene in orange peels attracts pests and microorganisms

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1820-1823

  Rodríguez, Ana ^a   Andrés, Victoria San ^a,b   Cervera, Magdalena ^a   Redondo, Ana ^a   Alquézar, Berta ^a   Shimada, Takehiko ^c   Gadea, José ^d   Rodrigo, María ^e   Zacarías, Lorenzo ^e   Palou, Lluís ^a   López, María M ^a   Castañera, Pedro ^b   Peña, Leandro ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS IVIA   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FRUIT TREE SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d Universitat Politècnica de València   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTO DE AGROQUÍMICA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Co evolution; Defense; Repellency; Secondary metabolism; Seed dispersers; Trophic interaction; Volatiles

Indexed keywords

CYCLOHEXENE DERIVATIVE; ISOMERASE; LIMONENE; PINENE CYCLASE I; TERPENE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PENICILLIUM; PLANT DISEASE; SWEET ORANGE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; CERATITIS CAPITATA; CITRUS SINENSIS; CYCLOHEXENES; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; INTRAMOLECULAR LYASES; PENICILLIUM; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TERPENES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CERATITIS CAPITATA; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; PENICILLIUM DIGITATUM; XANTHOMONAS CITRI;

EID: 81255151086     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.6.11.16980     Document Type: Article

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