Plant age and the inducibility of extrafloral nectaries in Vicia faba

Plant Ecology

Volumn 213, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1823-1832

  Kwok, Kevin E ^a   Laird, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Indirect defence; Insect damage; Plant senescence; Plant herbivore interactions

Indexed keywords

ANT; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; HERBIVORY; LEGUME; NATURAL ENEMY; NECTAR; NECTARY; PEST DAMAGE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SENESCENCE;

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; VICIA FABA;

EID: 84869070895     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-012-0138-x     Document Type: Article

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