Constitutive flavonoids deter flea beetle insect feeding in Camelina sativa L.

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 42, Issue , 2012, Pages 128-133

  Onyilagha, J C ^a   Gruber, M Y ^b   Hallett, R H ^b,c   Holowachuk, J ^b   Buckner, A ^a   Soroka, J J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT PINE BLUFF   (United States)

^b SASKATOON RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brassica napus; Camelina sativa; Flavonoids; Insect resistance; Insect plant interactions; Phyllotreta cruciferae; Plutella xylostella

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; DICOTYLEDON; FEEDING; LEAF; MOTH; PEST RESISTANCE; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; SECONDARY METABOLITE;

ALTICINI; BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICACEAE; CAMELINA SATIVA; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; PHYLLOTRETA CRUCIFERAE; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 84859843262     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2011.12.021     Document Type: Article

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