Attenuation of the Jasmonate Burst, Plant Defensive Traits, and Resistance to Specialist Monarch Caterpillars on Shaded Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 893-901

  Agrawal, Anurag A ^a   Kearney, Emily E ^a   Hastings, Amy P ^a   Ramsey, Trey E ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardenolide; Herbivory; Latex; Monarch butterfly; Plant defense; Plant insect interactions; Shade avoidance response; Signal cross talk; Specialist herbivore

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; JASMONIC ACID; OXYLIPIN;

ABSCISIC ACID; BUTTERFLY; CATERPILLAR; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; DICOTYLEDON; EXUDATION; FOREST EDGE; HERBIVORE; HERBIVORY; LEAF AREA; LIGHT ATTENUATION; LIGHT EFFECT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; SALICYLIC ACID; SHADE TOLERANCE; SPECIALIST; STEROID; TRICHOME;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASCLEPIAS; BUTTERFLY; HERBIVORY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; LARVA; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF;

ANIMALS; ASCLEPIAS; BUTTERFLIES; CYCLOPENTANES; HERBIVORY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LARVA; LIGHT; OXYLIPINS; PLANT LEAVES;

ASCLEPIAS; ASCLEPIAS SYRIACA; DANAUS PLEXIPPUS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84864381522     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-012-0145-3     Document Type: Article

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