Species-specific responses of herbivores to within-plant and environmentally mediated between-plant variability in plant chemistry

Chemoecology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 101-111

  Gutbrodt, Bettina ^a   Dorn, Silvia ^a   Unsicker, Sybille B ^b   Mody, Karsten ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drought stress; Glucosinolates; Induced resistance; Insect herbivory; Leaf age; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA OLERACEA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. GEMMIFERA; HEXAPODA; PIERIS BRASSICAE; SPODOPTERA LITTORALIS;

EID: 84860379985     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00049-012-0102-1     Document Type: Article

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