Cues from a specialist herbivore increase tolerance to defoliation in tomato

Functional Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 395-401

  Korpita, Timothy ^a   Gómez, Sara ^a,b   Orians, Colin M ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Induced sequestration; Induction; Manduca sexta; Regrowth; Resource reallocation; Solanum lycopersicum; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CHLOROPHYLL; CULTIVAR; DEFOLIATION; FLOWERING; HERB; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SPECIALIZATION; TOLERANCE; WILD POPULATION;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MANDUCA SEXTA;

EID: 84896046836     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12184     Document Type: Article

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