Synergistic Effects of Iridoid Glycosides on the Survival, Development and Immune Response of a Specialist Caterpillar, Junonia coenia (Nymphalidae)

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1276-1284

  Richards, Lora A ^a   Lampert, Evan C ^b,d   Bowers, M Deane ^b   Dodson, Craig D ^c,e   Smilanich, Angela M ^a   Dyer, Lee A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c and Mass Communication   (United States)

^d Gainesville State University   (United States)

^e DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical defense; Immune response; Iridoid glycosides; Lepidoptera; Nymphalidae; Sequestration; Synergy

Indexed keywords

AUCUBIN; CATALPOL; IRIDOID;

ARTIFICIAL DIET; CATERPILLAR; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MORTALITY; NATURAL ENEMY; PARASITOID; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SECONDARY METABOLITE; SPECIALIST; SURVIVAL; SYNERGISM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIGNONIACEAE; BUTTERFLY; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTAGO;

ANIMALS; BIGNONIACEAE; BUTTERFLIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLAME IONIZATION; FOOD CHAIN; IRIDOID GLUCOSIDES; LARVA; PLANTAGO;

JUNONIA COENIA; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE; PLANTAGINACEAE; PLANTAGO;

EID: 84869501622     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-012-0190-y     Document Type: Article

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