Plant-associated bacteria degrade defense chemicals and reduce their adverse effects on an insect defoliator

Oecologia

Volumn 175, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 901-910

  Mason, Charles J ^a   Couture, John J ^a   Raffa, Kenneth F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Detoxification; Phenolic glycosides; Plant herbivore interactions; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; DEFOLIATION; DETOXIFICATION; INSECT; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; SYMBIOSIS;

GLYCOSIDE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HERBIVORY; INSECT; LARVA; METABOLISM; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; GLYCOSIDES; HERBIVORY; INSECTS; LARVA; MOTHS; PHENOLS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAVES; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84902674977     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-014-2950-6     Document Type: Article

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