Boomeranging in structural defense: Phytophagous insect uses cycad trichomes to defend against entomophagy

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Marler, Thomas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUAM   (Guam)

Author keywords

Aulacaspis yasumatsui; Cycas revoluta; Enemy free space; Invasive insects; Rhyzobius lophanthae; Trichome

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; AULACASPIS; COLEOPTERA; CYCADOPHYTA; CYCADOPSIDA; CYCAS; CYCAS REVOLUTA; DIASPIDIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; RHYZOBIUS LOPHANTHAE;

ANIMAL; BEETLE; CYCAS; CYTOLOGY; HEMIPTERA; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; TRICHOME;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; CYCAS; HEMIPTERA; INSECTS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; TRICHOMES;

EID: 84868574712     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.22013     Document Type: Article

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