Mosaic Eucalypt Trees Suggest Genetic Control at a Point That Influences Several Metabolic Pathways

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 914-923

  Padovan, Amanda ^a   Keszei, András ^a   Wallis, Ian R ^a   Foley, William J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chemotype; Ecotype; Formylated phloroglucinol compound (FPC); Herbivory; Insect outbreaks; Mosaicism; Somatic mutation; Terpene

Indexed keywords

PHLOROGLUCINOL; SESQUITERPENE; TERPENE;

CONSPECIFIC; DICOTYLEDON; ECOTYPE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HERBIVORY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MONOTERPENE; MUTATION; NITROGEN; PEST OUTBREAK; PHENOTYPE; PLANT DEFENSE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUCALYPTUS; GENETICS; HERBIVORY; METABOLISM; MOSAICISM; PLANT LEAF; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

EUCALYPTUS; HERBIVORY; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MONOTERPENES; MOSAICISM; PHLOROGLUCINOL; PLANT LEAVES; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SESQUITERPENES;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; EUCALYPTUS MELLIODORA; EUCALYPTUS SIDEROXYLON; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84864377804     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-012-0149-z     Document Type: Article

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