Phenotypic plasticity of plant response to herbivore eggs: Effects on resistance to caterpillars and plant development

Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 702-713

  Pashalidou, Foteini G ^a   Lucas Barbosa, Dani ^a   Van Loon, Joop J A ^a   Dicke, Marcel ^a   Fatouros, Nina E ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brassica nigra; Direct defense; Hypersensitive response; Mamestra brassicae; Ovipositioninduced plant defense; Phenotypic plasticity; Pieris brassicae; Priming

Indexed keywords

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BUTTERFLY; CATERPILLAR; DICOTYLEDON; EGG; GENERALIST; GROWTH RATE; HERBIVORY; LARVA; NICHE BREADTH; OVIPOSITION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; SPECIALIST; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HERBIVORY; LARVA; MOTH; MUSTARD; OOCYTE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HERBIVORY; LARVA; MOTHS; MUSTARD PLANT; OVIPOSITION; OVUM;

BRASSICA NIGRA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MAMESTRA BRASSICAE; PIERIS BRASSICAE;

EID: 84876098591     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-1561.1     Document Type: Article

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