Less is more: Treatment with BTH and Laminarin Reduces herbivore-induced volatile emissions in maize but increases parasitoid attraction

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 348-360

  Sobhy, Islam S ^a,c   Erb, Matthias ^b   Sarhan, Awad A ^c   El Husseini, Monir M ^d   Mandour, Nasser S ^c   Turlings, Ted C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

^c University of Suez Canal   (Egypt)

^d CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Defense gene expression; Herbivore Induced Plant Volatiles (HIPVs); Indole; Parasitoid attraction; Plant enhancers; Sesquiterpene

Indexed keywords

LAMINARAN; POLYSACCHARIDE; S METHYL BENZO(1,2,3)THIADIAZOLE 7 CARBOTHIOATE; S-METHYL BENZO(1,2,3)THIADIAZOLE-7-CARBOTHIOATE; THIADIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; HERBIVORY; MAIZE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; TERPENE; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE; WASP;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HERBIVORY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVA; MAIZE; MECHANICS; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WASP;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HERBIVORY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LARVA; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; POLYSACCHARIDES; THIADIAZOLES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASPS; ZEA MAYS;

CAMPOLETIS SONORENSIS; COTESIA; HEXAPODA; MICROPLITIS RUFIVENTRIS; SPODOPTERA LITTORALIS; VESPOIDEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84859752514     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-012-0098-6     Document Type: Article

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