Plants Suppress Their Emission of Volatiles When Growing with Conspecifics

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 537-545

  Kigathi, Rose N ^a,b   Weisser, Wolfgang W ^a,c   Veit, Daniel ^b   Gershenzon, Jonathan ^b   Unsicker, Sybille B ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dactylis glomerata (Orchard grass); Herbivore induced volatiles; Plant competition; Spodoptera littoralis (Egyptian cotton leafworm); Trifolium pratense (Red clover)

Indexed keywords

CONSPECIFIC; GRASS; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; HERBIVORE; INSECT; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NATURAL ENEMY; PHYTOMASS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ALABAMA ARGILLACEA; DACTYLIS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; GOSSYPIUM BARBADENSE; SPODOPTERA LITTORALIS; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE;

EID: 84876125004     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-013-0275-2     Document Type: Article

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