Specificity of Herbivore-Induced Hormonal Signaling and Defensive Traits in Five Closely Related Milkweeds (Asclepias spp.)

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 717-729

  Agrawal, Anurag A ^a   Hastings, Amy P ^a   Patrick, Eamonn T ^a   Knight, Anna C ^a  

^a Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Department of Entomology Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cardenolides; Coevolution; Common milkweed Asclepias syriaca; Jasmonic acid; Latex; Monarch butterfly Danaus plexippus; Phytohormones; Plant insect interactions

Indexed keywords

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; BUTTERFLY; COEVOLUTION; DICOTYLEDON; DIVERGENCE; EXUDATION; HORMONE; INDUCED RESPONSE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; STEROID; TRADE-OFF;

ASCLEPIAS; ASCLEPIAS SYRIACA; ASCLEPIAS TUBEROSA; CHRYSOMELIDAE; DANAUS PLEXIPPUS; HEXAPODA; LABIDOMERA;

ABSCISIC ACID; CARDENOLIDE; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; JASMONIC ACID; OXYLIPIN; SALICYLIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ASCLEPIAS; BEETLE; BUTTERFLY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HERBIVORY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; LARVA; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ABSCISIC ACID; ANIMALS; ASCLEPIAS; BEETLES; BUTTERFLIES; CARDENOLIDES; CYCLOPENTANES; HERBIVORY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LARVA; OXYLIPINS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; SALICYLIC ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84906100000     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-014-0449-6     Document Type: Article

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